January 4, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- As Sandy Hook students head back to class, school officials create a familiar, friendly environment.
- Chris Ware on his latest New Yorker cover, inspired by Newtown and a sharp contrast to his back-to-school cover.
- On Christmas Day 1945, five Fayetteville, W.Va., children went missing during a house fire—no evidence of their deaths exists.
- X-rays of famous Tudor portraits reveal earlier paintings underneath.
- There are only four NFL games this weekend, so go ahead and pick a team you don't hate.
- The making of "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay," which was recorded just 18 days before Otis Redding died in a plane crash.
- Going back through the scripts, you can see why [Monty Python] wasn't destined to last for long.
- Michael Apted on the past, present, and future of the Up series.
- TMN's Jonathan Bell on growing up in Britain alongside the children of Up!
- Edith Zimmerman: "After editing an advice column for two years, I’ve decided that there is no such thing as advice."
- How lead is possibly behind everything from crime to ADHD.
- FDA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife butt heads over the environmental safety of the sterile, genetically modified "Frankenfish."
- Birnbaum digs deep with Ben Fountain, the author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.
- Selections from our "Reading Roulette" series in time for Gérard Depardieu's Russian decampment.
- Robert Krulwich on the joys (no combs) and trials (no sitting) of weightless space living.
- The known universe, from the Himalayas to the afterglow of the Big Bang.
