February 12, 2015
- Leaders of Ukraine and Russia agree to tentative truce to begin this weekend.
- See also: Ukraine borders porous enough to allow 30 billion cigarettes to sneak through.
- If Obama gets the nod to fight the Islamic State, it'll be a ringing endorsement of unlimited presidential war making.
- "Winter's Coldest Yet to Come for Northeast."
- Firing Jeb Bush's tech guy for racist posting condemns precisely the stock-in-trade of a conservative millennial's web presence.
- Paint company describes shades of white.
- Accused shooter of Muslim students in NC said to despise religion—though anecdotes suggest murders were about parking.
- Thousands of transfer students don't realize they earned an associate's degree after leaving community college.
- Crisis Text Line data says that a texter who uses the word “Mormon” tends to be concerned about LGBTQ issues.
- Captain of the Casta Concordia sentenced to 16 years in prison for the shipwreck that killed 32.
- South Korean "nut rage" executive sentenced to a year in prison for obstructing aviation safety.
- United sells thousands of first-class tickets for as little as $44, then cancels them.
- Elizabeth Kiem on dancing the "Rite of Spring."
- In remote areas with few journalists and unreliable communication, satellite firms team up with NGOs.
- Tribute to the Brannock Device, the gold standard for measuring feet for almost 90 years.
- Get it now: While supplies last, receive a free limited-edition Tournament of Books Memo Book with any purchase.
- Editor of Accidents in North American Mountaineering—annual report on climbing's worst moments—retires after 40 years.
- Most ski trail maps look the same because many have been painted by a single individual.