February 2, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
—
- Egypt soccer tragedy claims 73 lives; security forces blamed after they disappeared when attacks began.
- We're a little late to this, but still: Julian Assange to host show on Kremlin TV.
- Stem-cell researchers transform skin cells into brain cells.
- Pros and cons of Moon Base Gingrich—residents will be "highly educated, eco-friendly, and very likely dependent on vast government support."
- Colorado residents divided whether to allow Christo's "Over the River" project to proceed.
- LA School District investigates how it failed for five years to suspect a teacher accused of lewd acts toward students.
- Brazil considering law to allow employees checking email from home to apply for overtime.
- European executives to watch in 2012.
- America's "no-fly" list doubled in 2011, rising to 21,000.
- NFL anticipates problems in 2016 labeling everyone a loser when it comes time for Super Bowl L.
- Radiolab on whether or not Fritz Haber, godfather of chemical warfare, was a bad person.
- RIP, Wislawa Szymborska.
- Love, peace, and soul to Don Cornelius, 1937-2012.
- Grantland's take on the epic Australian Open final.
- Life inside America's worst college basketball program, which finally snapped its losing streak after not winning a single game in 2011.
- Rural hospital recruits doctors by offering eight weeks of missionary leave.
- Review of a pole-dancing fitness class.
