February 18, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Aggressive form of HIV discovered in Cuba; the strain progresses into AIDS three times faster.
- Stronger marijuana may pose higher risk of psychotic disorders.
- Rome officials panic as ISIS makes its way into Libya, just across the Mediterranean from Italy.
- Young Chinese, attracted by Jon Stewart's transparency message, translate and illegally spread his work.
- If 2014 was when income inequality saturated public consciousness, 2015 could be when people did something about it.
- Overdue student loans reach their highest in a year, underscoring young Americans' limited purchasing power.
- Current categories of employment leave members of the "gig economy" vulnerable to exploitation.
- In Reagan's telling, bolstered with statistics and anecdotes he made up on the spot, corporate leaders were heroes.
- LA's legendary sprawl is a misunderstanding; the cities of the Sunbelt spread their tendrils more widely.
- Jailers cite e-cigs' calming effects, while prisoners' advocates say management is taking advantage of addiction.
- Architect files suit against Google X, claiming the company stole his life's work of "engineered architecture."
- View-Master resurrected as virtual reality headset that works with your phone.
- To walk on ice, walk like a penguin—"and you'll be all right."
- An autobiographical ode to house style from the New Yorker's punctuation master.
- Miranda July on Bowie's "Kooks."
- There was always something creepy about Burger King, and for a brief, uncanny moment, they were honest about it.
