February 8, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Syrian forces said to be attacking civilian areas in Homs; Putin proposes advice, angering European diplomats.
- Italy imposes emergency measures to conserve gas supplies during Europe's big freeze.
- 100,000 Muscovites turned out in sub-zero weather to protest Putin.
- List of jobs held in a Medieval city.
- Wagner's Rienzi had a big effect on Hitler, but there's no reason to call it "Hitler's favorite," and no reason to cancel performances on his birthday.
- Reporters face jail time for secretly recording an interview with a Nazi war criminal.
- Entertaining exchange between a reporter and his fact-checker.
- Li-Fi is an LED-based alternative to household Wi-Fi that requires phones and light bulbs to communicate.
- Consumerization has been disastrous for R.I.M., because the company has seemed clueless about what consumers want.
- Trailer of the day: Bombay Beach.
- The only true, authentic Cindy Sherman is the one who makes the pictures: a conversation.
- American and British covers compared from 2012's Tournament of Books' contenders.
- Portable signs of America.
- Of 10 men in a Dallas coffeeshop, seven wear pageboy hats, seven wear beards.
- Advice on flirting from Ira Glass, a 10-year-old girl, and more.
- Excerpts from steamy romance novels for parents of young children.
