March 19, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Obama tells seventh grader he wishes he'd ordered Gitmo closed when he still had the chance.
- It's time for everyone, including Dick Cheney, to stop playing "the race card" card.
- Trend alert: Wealthy women are putting their babies in Hermès Birkin bags, thanks to the Simpsons.
- French comedian who complained he felt treated like a terrorist convicted of condoning terrorism.
- Terrorists don’t think like army generals; they think like theatre producers.
- Gunmen kill 19 in attack on Tunisian museum frequented by tourists.
- See also: Jon Lee Anderson's "ISIS and the Destruction of History."
- If there's a crime in Clinton's email troubles, it's "the deletion of America’s past."
- Awareness is building around online harassment, but there's not much you can do if you're the subject of a meme.
- Chinese military comes clean on its powerful cyber-war forces.
- Viral history of Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic "The Great Wave."
- On any given day in America, there are upwards of half a dozen fake holidays to observe.
- Uber cars now outnumber cabs in New York City, 14,088 to 13,587.
- Without more focus on technological innovation, the skyrocketing popularity of podcasts will hit a ceiling.
- For patrons with smartphones and $6, San Francisco offers a luxury commuter bus, complete with fancy coffee.
- Con man shares his trade.
- Crackpot theory that memories can be stored outside the body finds validation in study of flatworms.
- Suicides in the workplace on the rise; jobs with greatest risk include law enforcement, firefighting and protective services.
- Research finds that reminders of God can make people more likely to seek out and take risks.
- Today in the Tournament of Books: Quarterfinals begin with David Mitchell v. Marlon James.
- To pass the time: Google Feud.
