January 10, 2013: Morning
- Profiles of five senators who will play key roles in determining the fate of any gun legislation
- As the guns debate heats up, it's useful to remember Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies.
- Studies show the rise and fall in crime follows a rise and fall in the exposure of infants to trace quantities of lead.
- Worst winter storm in two decades ravages eastern Mediterranean, killing dozens in Syria.
- Australia fights hundreds of fires, attempting to control blazes before the anticipated temperature rise.
- Nearly all scientific work on fracking is directed toward extraction, and almost none is focused on critical environmental and public health effects.
- The astonishing survival story of Douglas Mawson's Polar journey, when the soles of his feet fell off.
- China's newest fashion star is a 72-year-old retired farmer with nice legs.
- John Travolta's former Scientology handler was named Spanky Taylor, and their relationship was strained.
- See also: The Hairpin's "Scandals of Classic Hollywood" series.
- Night skies made from ashes.
- Mystery shoppers visit every branch of Pret A Manger every week to reward or punish employees.
- New program hopes to rehabilitate errant scientists who have committed ethical violations.
- Advice for parents who may not realize they're bullying their own overweight children.
- Thanks to the internet, cartooning creativity has recovered from terminal decline and is in rare bloom.
- YouTube exposes us to so many extraordinary things, the improbable has become the new normal.