February 24, 2012: Morning
- UN report on Syrian human rights situation depicts horrifying atrocities.
- Since 2000, six police officers have been killed by members of the "sovereign citizen" movement, who argue they are not subject to laws.
- Japan questions its safety net following the starvation death of a couple in their 60s and their son in his 30s.
- We send home that first rough draft of history...We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story.
- Latest U.S. research shows Iran is pursuing nuclear research, but that it hasn't yet sought to make a bomb.
- There's no acceptable method for disposing of a Quran—the best way is to store it indefinitely.
- On biopolitcs and the war of human dignity versus the temptations of scientific progress.
- Scientists now believe the drought that toppled the Mayans was relatively mild.
- Isherwood: The time is right for a restaging of Death of a Salesman.
- John Peel's record collection—25,000 LPs, 40,000 singles, and thousands of CDs—to become an online museum.
- The last comedy to win Best PIcture was Annie Hall in 1978; pundits weigh in on Hollywood's humorlessness.
- History shows one of the most surefire ways for a woman to win an Oscar is by playing a prostitute.
- Galloway: Arguments abound over America's decline, but there's no question we make the best movies.
- A multimedia journey into the depths of the Mariana Trench.