February 13, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Beijing views North Korea's third nuclear test, held during a major Chinese holiday, as an insult.
- The Chinese web reaction to the nuclear test: jokes about Kim Jong Un's posterior.
- The size of the blast is one thing, but the exact nature of the device exploded is quite another. This matters.
- The article about the SEAL who killed bin Laden may have fudged veteran benefits—though not by much.
- Offering loopholes and incentives, states hope to exploit California's ailing economy, poach jobs and businesses.
- Scientists marvel at the sea slug's detachable, re-growable penis.
- Profiles of people who never want to retire.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson determines the weight of Thor's hammer: 300 billion elephants.
- The Black Keys drummer duels with Beliebers on Twitter.
- Garfunkel says that by dropping Simon from Catch-22, Mike Nichols contributed to the duo's 1970 split.
- Already successful in Europe, dinner kits—measured, prepped, and ready-to-cook ingredients—reach U.S. doorsteps.
- Separating myth from fact about Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
