February 4, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Murdered Argentinian prosecutor had drafted an arrest order for President Kirchner, but hadn't yet delivered it.
- Uber says it's helping to reduce drunk driving, but there's little evidence to support that claim.
- Jordanian pilot killed by ISIS may have died a month ago—making the proposed prisoner swap a ruse.
- After 10 years and two films, Joshua Oppenheimer has a MacArthur fellowship but no easy answers.
- Hollywood can't bring itself to cast someone who looks like the Kenyan woman Storm actually is.
- CDC: US second-hand smoke exposure fell from 53% to 25% between 2000 and 2012, due to smoking bans, quitting.
- Researchers say longer life expectancies mean one in two Britons will be diagnosed with cancer at some point.
- Scientists discover a gene's property as a cancer "master switch"—when turned off, it renders cancer cells dormant.
- For men, testosterone promises to be the drug of the future.
- Do the math on pharmaceutical side effects—a lot of them aren't worth the little good they do.
- Gabbing about regulatory reform, freshman senator says employee hand-washing in restaurants should be optional.
- Fascinating oral history of Chipotle.
- Meet the Wikipedia editor who's fixed "comprised of" usage errors around 47,000 times.
- Researchers say they've identified cockroaches with different personalities: at least two, anyway.
- If today were Groundhog Day, Phil would wake up to find the pencil he broke the night before was whole.
- It's Groundhog Day every day in Woodstock, Ill., where residents celebrate the movie that was filmed there.
