January 18, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Poll finds wide support, even among gun owners, for several of Obama's specific gun-control measures.
- Inventory of the clothes and equipment you throw on before going out to kill Osama bin Laden.
- Round-up, with fact-checking, of Armstrong's confessions, plus online reactions from the cycling community.
- He didn’t wallow in regret; instead there was an electric hostility toward remorse. There was also, as always with Lance, a passion for himself.
- Longform guide to Internet hoaxes.
- Swiss artists send Julian Assange a self-photographing package.
- Donald Trump compliments Deadspin for its reporting on the Manti Te'o story; Deadspin responds.
- White House officially replies to petition to secure resources and funding, and destroy the Matrix by 2019.
- Various product placements—shoes, cheese, bubbly—to be used at Obama's presidential inauguration.
- Souvenir program from McKinley's 1901 inauguration.
- Comedian who recently came out says gay and straight relationships are the exact same—judging by laughs he'd get when he switched pronouns.
- Acid attack on director of the Bolshoi Ballet attributed to infighting among dancers.
- Tips from a data analyst who posed as 10 different male archetypes on Jdate in order to study women—and then found the perfect husband of her own.
- Travel diary of a long-distance skateboarder kicking his way through outer Tibet.
- Interactive timeline covers legacy left by the Eames epoch.
- Vote in the 2013 Tournament of Books Zombie Poll to help your favorite title do better.
- Very good collection, with many liner notes, of the best classical releases from last year.
