June 21, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- List of countries forbidding the wearing of masks—United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia—now includes Canada.
- Obama establishes war cabinet in a spare office suite to secure passage of immigration reform.
- U.S. charges two New Yorkers with building a death ray aimed at killing Israel's enemies.
- Moynihan: This is not 1984.
- Maine governor accuses rival lawmakers of trying to rape citizens, "without providing Vaseline."
- If we are to find a way to break out of our current deadlocks, we need a little more respect for ambivalence. After all, an ambivalent sensibility is a creative one.
- China's Iron Man 3 includes extra story-lines with Chinese characters; 70% of Hollywood's revenue now found overseas.
- Death poll of flood-related landslide in the Himalayas passes 150, with thousands still suspected missing, stranded, or dead.
- Russian scientist swims naked with Beluga whales in Arctic waters for up to 10 minutes to "strike up a rapport."
- If and when I have grandchildren, I will tell them that I saw Michael Jordan play basketball, Jacques Pepin make an omelet, and James Gandolfini act.
- Iggy Pop provides '90s tour of New York's East Village, saying he doesn't care what people think about his nice apartment.
- Pictures of New York City's alternative libraries.
- Freelance online journalist lists the pittances he's paid by various publications.
- How vulnerable are medical devices to hackers? Not very, but that's changing as technology shifts to smartphone apps.
- Entirely unrelated: Brief footage of Alabama's all-male Prancing Elite J-Setting squad.
