February 5, 2015
By The Morning News
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- According to a former Al Qaeda operative, US partner Saudi Arabia had a strong alliance with the terrorist group prior to 9/11.
- Ukraine’s war enters its deadliest period since September's nominal ceasefire.
- Netanyahu and Boehner's decision to cook up a speech to Congress behind Obama's back shocks even Fox News host.
- Film is so central to North Korea's propaganda, it once kidnapped South Korea's leading heroine and director.
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe tumbles on a red carpet, starting a comedy meme that his security forces can't stop.
- Pushback gains momentum against treating actresses on the red carpet like race horses, "and not just from the anti-Mani Cam clan."
- After the recession, 51% of Americans remain in middle-income homes, stemming a decades-long slide.
- On sale somewhere in France: eighty Monopoly sets stuffed with real money.
- Egyptian court issues "mass life sentences" against 230, mainly secular activists who sparked the protests four years ago.
- Being kidnapped was a constant experience.... it felt like the longest now ever.
- Serena Williams to play Indian Wells tournament after 14-year boycott.
- As San Francisco parents get more choice in their children's schools, San Francisco schools resegregate.
- New book features cover with facial-recognition software, refusing to open if you’re sporting a judgmental expression.
- My father was a workhorse in the field of written pornography. After five decades, he died in harness.
- When it comes to naming objects, study finds societies generating many options, eventually settling on just one or a few conventional names.
- Related: Rock musicians explain how they invent band names now, when "all the cool names have been taken."
- In the uber-connected, on-demand economy, you are always screwing someone else.
- Outline of the subtle rules for "not giving a fuck."
