January 12, 2012: Morning
- For the first time since 1965, last year homicide was not one of the nation's top 15 causes of death.
- A new survey shows income inequality—more than racial friction—is now the greatest source of tension in the U.S.
- Israel believed to be behind the covert assassinations and attacks in Iran—U.S. claims no involvement.
- How escalation is good for Israel, if starting a war is the goal: It's about who gets labeled a "terrorist."
- Based on the mood in New Hampshire, Ron Paul and his supporters are Republicans by convenience, not ideology.
- How moderate is Jon Huntsman? How conservative? A guide to his record.
- A new study by astronomers shows every star in the sky may be orbited by at least one planet.
- Doctors for critically injured DJ think being a New Yorker, and thus being a frequent walker, may have helped save his life.
- Watchdog group finds Twitter lags behind other social networks in policing pedophiles.
- Human "captcha" catchers work from Asia and earn $2.88 a day.
- Rather than a vestigial organ, the appendix might be a bacterial reservoir for when cholera cleans out your gut.
- Giving J.K. Rowling a Nobel would fulfill the true aim of the award.
- Waterstones, British book giant, drops apostrophe to be more versatile in the digital age.