March 27, 2014
By The Morning News
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- In 2013, as executions rose 15%, people were killed for adultery, blasphemy, and watching banned videos.
- Economists fear recession in Russia as investors yank out their money and growth evaporates.
- Six million of the seven million people killed by air pollution in 2012 lived in Asia.
- In remote areas of Vietnam where there are no bridges across rivers, people are loaded into plastic bags and swum across by men.
- Four years later and 140,000 dead, war in Syria continues to rage.
- Scientists turn to old paintings to learn about Earth's atmosphere in earlier centuries.
- See also: As the world gets hotter, salamanders get smaller.
- The “Three-Country Cairn”—Treriksröset to Swedes, Treriksrøysa to Norwegians, Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki to Finns—is where Scandinavian nations meet.
- Data suggests French will be "the language of the future"—but the data is probably wrong.
- Wu-Tang Clan has a goal for its next album: sell a single copy.
- Northwestern football players win right to unionize in a ruling that may transform college sports.
- ESPN's ombudsman says the network should focus on tougher issues in sports—racism, concussions—even to the chagrin of fans.
- Chicago's sexiest dog, Paradiso Błekitna Przystan, does not like talk of lovesickness.
- Conversation tips for introverts.
- March Madness referee explains what he does to stay in shape for games, during which he typically runs six miles.
- In case you missed Monday's TMN party, a reader recounts what it was like to drink the Rooster sauce.
- Related: Guess the outcome of ToBX for a chance to win a Field Notes prize pack.
