March 5, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- South Carolina's Mark Sanford is running for office again, having learned empathy—for other cheaters.
- If Congress doesn't pass a "Continuing Resolution" by March 27, the government will likely shut down.
- Anonymous sources say Pakistan is employing drone strikes against militants and blaming them on Americans.
- Newspaper suggests Queen Elizabeth was released from hospital to continue her homicidal plans.
- Africa’s economy is not all about commodities—in fact, they're its biggest threat.
- College student explains how popping Adderall—wonder drug of academic high-achievers—swiftly became a nightmare.
- Confessions of a teenaged anchorman and budding journalist in a broadcast den of animosity and cocaine.
- Michael Jordan at 50 is a man of extreme wealth, deep rage, and—suddenly—nostalgia.
- Short, dated documentary on the markets of Britain, "the envy of the world."
- Interview with the inventor of emoji, Shigetaka Kurita.
- Thai Buddhists would prefer you to treat Buddha's image with more respect, first by removing that statue from the dining table.
- Literary publishers begin publishing more women after tallies find gender bias.
- These days, more often than you'd think, guys are begging off the one thing we women are expecting you to beg for.
- Fascinating investigation into whether Beethoven wanted his music performed much faster than modern listeners like.
- See also: Corrections for every bad thing ever said about Tallahassee.