January 3, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Ron Paul believes his chances in Iowa are good, but he doesn't see himself in the Oval Office.
- See also: Art gallery floor modified to accomodate very small ship.
- Overview of Moscow's new protesters: professionals who want change, not cash.
- Lucid, short summary of Christmas violence in Nigeria.
- Top 10 myths about the Arab Spring.
- Summary of the year's events in particle physics.
- Job opening for geek to maintain Stephen Hawking's wheelchair.
- Unknown to us: Hawking was the first quadriplegic to experience weightlessness.
- Sweden's Twitter account being run by a different citizen each week.
- Text-messaging declining in Finland, Australia, Hong Kong.
- Chavez would like to know if the U.S. is afflicting Latin American leaders with cancer, but doesn't want to make rash accusations.
- Profiles of men in fashion, and fashionable men, who prefer to shop in bulk.
- Geographical chart of where Pitchfork's top 100 tracks were conceived—New York, London, and LA.
- Choreographer Mark Morris's favorite records from 2011.
- David Fincher explains why he chose to make each of his films.
- Time to pay college athletes.