January 24, 2013: Afternoon
- GOP hatches plan to award electoral votes by Congressional district outcomes—which would have resulted in a Romney victory.
- One of Obama's reelection engineers launches effort to turn Texas blue—which would effectively end the Republican Party.
- A dispatch from the Disinaugural Ball.
- Audio engineer says Beyoncé's inauguration performance doesn't appear to be lip-synched.
- Mia Farrow on her '60s pixie cut: Sassoon didn't create it, and Sinatra didn't divorce her over it.
- New study finds women smokers are more likely to die from the habit than they were 50 years ago.
- Also in the study: Smoking cuts about a decade off life expectancy; quitting before 35 gains it back.
- Alternatives to authentic haggis.
- The Vatican used Mussolini's money to build secret commercial properties.
- Apply by Friday, Feb. 1 to be our Spring 2013 intern.
- Broadband finally arrives in Cuba, where only 2.9% of the population is officially online.
- Ida Wood: the mysterious recluse who turned out to have been a wealthy, beautiful, powerful socialite.
- The latest in Kevin Fanning's new column at TMN: Justin, Selena, and the three shades of celebrity desire.