February 23, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Former envoy opines on the first post-Jong-il meeting.
- Hong Kongers outraged over mainlanders arriving to birth children, who then get 12 years of school, free visas.
- "Dude," the quintessential American slang term, may have been brought to the U.S. by immigrants.
- Once thought headed to extinction, the Y chromosome's shrinking actually occurred in the distant past.
- Revisiting Jean-Marie Loret's claim to be Hitler's illegitimate son.
- An MP3 player was a chance to shape my son's musical education from the beginning.
- A collection of award-winning photos by Rémi Ochlik, who was killed this week in Syria.
- Scientist who lied to obtain Heartland documents now fights to save his job at the institute he founded.
- Jeremy Lin files trademark for the term "linsanity"—of five applicants, he's the third.
- Theodore Dreiser, J.P. Morgan, and Alfred Vanderbilt were among those scheduled to board the Titanic.
- Though its obscenity varies, flipping the bird is recognized around the world—Wittgenstein would be amazed.
- Rick Santorum, made from gay porn.
- How to remove your search history before Google's new privacy policy takes effect.
