January 12, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Following protest where ultra-Orthodox Jews wore yellow stars, Israel to ban Third Reich symbols and "Nazi."
- Danish school to Nordic-ize Masai diet of blood, blood-porridge, milk, and beer.
- Signs of the ultimate sale in Osaka.
- Labor and ingredient costs put Hostess cupcakes in the red.
- Headlines from this year's Daily Express include reporting on Princess Diana's ongoing death.
- Photographs from Haiti two years after the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands.
- Stats on Romney's historic win in New Hampshire: even bigger than H.W. Bush over Buchanan.
- Judging by Romney's speech, Americans really hate Europe, but the numbers don't back him up.
- When Regis plays tennis, which is frequent, he often yells in capital letters.
- Related: White noise transformed.
- Fascinating interactive map of maritime traffic, current to within one hour.
- Life and times of American manufacturing seen through real lives.
- Terrific, scary piece by Jonah Lehrer on the effects of football on teenage brains.
- Glee's Dianna Agron interviews John Tierney about his LA paintings.
- TV characters as lit bloggers.
- Profile of Ricky Gervais in anticipation of his new show on HBO in February.
- Round-up of 2011's best movie posters.
