January 31, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Breakdown of recent arguments around a favorite conservative concept: the hidden prosperity of the poor.
- Photos from Hillary Clinton's 956,733 miles traveled as secretary of state.
- Chinese court finds two Tibetans guilty of urging self-immolation, sentences one to death, the other to prison for 10 years.
- To try and understand their motives, a look at Tibetan self-immolators final words.
- Gabrielle Giffords's speaking notes for her Senate testimony, handwritten by her speech therapist.
- Schools continue to phase out teaching cursive—experts say most adults don't use it now, either.
- Since at least the beginning of the 20th century, we've been sounding handwriting's death knell.
- A polar bear's dental exam.
- Four men charged with robbing homes of LA Times readers who'd put their subscriptions on vacation hold.
- The last of the Andrews Sisters dies, age 94.
- Werner Herzog on spirituality, extinction, and owning only one suit.
- Rosecrans Baldwin opens Herzog's diary.
- Bo Obama receives visiting dognitaries from Furuguay.
- Amoeba Records digitizes rare and out-of-print records, holds profits in an escrow account if rights-owners come forward.
- Today at TMN: Post-Armstrong, Oprah gives the yes-no treatment to more villains.
- Lance Armstrong claims he's cycling's "fall guy," taking the blame for a culture of winning by any means necessary.
- The best cover of R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" ever recorded.
- Paul Ford: Every night at dinner my wife and I each ask what the other learned that day.
- Reminder: Tomorrow is your last day to apply for TMN's Spring 2013 internship.
