January 3, 2013: Afternoon
- After nearly 30 years in the House, Rep. Gary L. Ackerman heads home.
- Once thought to be eradicated, tuberculosis—now drug-resistant—is on a frighteningly sharp rise in the former Soviet bloc.
- How free-market renegades fighting the "maple wars" stole six million pounds of maple syrup.
- A city that loves its buffets and banquets, Hong Kong dumped 3,600 tons of food waste a day in 2011.
- New York City housing project residents find little support in their efforts to go green.
- To reduce waste and promote tap water, the city of Concord bans sales of bottled water less than one liter.
- Authors find a new way to make money: selling personal junk that could one day be treasured artifacts.
- In 1945...Shuster encountered a young man who looked exactly like the Superman character as he imagined him.
- Neil Armstrong's family says he prepared the "one small step" speech months before he set foot on the moon.
- Patrick Ambrose looks for answers to '50s crooner Johnny Ace's mysterious death—was it an accidental suicide or foul play?
- The New Yorker's list of the 100 best lists of all time.
- Retailers and now lawyers profit off "Keep Calm and Carry On," as the copyright skirmish continues.
- Among the latest phrases banished from the Queen's English: "spoiler alert," "fiscal cliff," and "bucket list."
- After the wettest year in England's record history, the rain forecast for 2013 is stable once more.
- New Year's Eve fireworks in reverse.