January 3, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- As fighting continues, new UN report says 60,000 have been killed in Syria's war.
- Predictions for events in 2013.
- Four hundred and nine people have been killed by guns in the U.S. since Newtown.
- In case you heard about the LAPD buying back rocket launchers, it turns out they were punked.
- More than 80 percent of Chicago's homicides took place last year in only about half of its 23 police districts.
- New York City's felony rate for 2012 was raised by iPhone thefts, otherwise it would be lower.
- Linguists tackle the grammatical tricks of shooting dead people.
- Indonesian city bans women from straddling motorcycles, saying it violates Islamic values.
- You can drive all over Europe without once seeing a rear-window sticker reading CHRIST CHURCH or UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS.
- Photographs of London bus stops that resemble Renaissance tableaus.
- Infinities come in all shapes and sizes—"flat infinities, hunchback infinities, bubbling infinities, hyperboloid infinities."
- What it's like to freeze to death.
- Writers offer literary resolutions for 2012, like wearing sunscreen while researching nudism.
- Sports Illustrated's 100 greatest sports photographs of all time.
- Ten objects that prove 3D printing will change the world, including rocket-ship espresso cups.
- How to cook your Sunday night meals: Crowdsource tips from Facebook friends.
- Analyzing exactly what people shopped for in ancient Rome besides dildoes.
- Data from 2012 shows growth in e-book sales has slowed substantially, but print sales are holding up pretty well.
- Man carefully erases himself from his own pictures.
