November 8, 2013: Morning
- Poll finds only 35% of Germans consider the U.S. government trustworthy, and 60% consider Snowden a hero.
- See also: As of October, only 19% of Americans trust the government; in 1958, that number was 73%.
- Snowden may have tricked up to 25 co-workers to reveal their passwords for his leaks, telling them they were needed for a computer systems test.
- Head of MI6: "Our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee."
- Guns & Ammo editor resigns and fires a writer after publishing an editorial that advocates gun regulation.
- Former Rutgers coach, fired for abusing players, talks to a reporter for the first time.
- EU court rules that homosexuals in oppressive countries can gain asylum in Europe.
- Associated Press confirms: There is no Texas-sized island of tsunami debris floating toward America.
- IBM tests technology that determines ads based on what Twitter reveals about one's personality, e.g., introversion or neuroticism.
- TMN's Giles Turnbull spends a month doing Twitter by postcard.
- Study reports that moms with young kids are more than twice as likely to visit social networking sites three or more times per day.
- African elephants experience trauma akin to PTSD when their social structures are broken.
- Single webpage makes an effort to debunk 25 myths about the flu vaccine.
- Studies find that beer can be just as effective as water when recovering from exercise.
- Freshness Burger in Japan creates napkin that lets women open their mouths widely without violating a social taboo.
- Abercrombie & Fitch tries to salvage failing business by offering larger sizes, despite CEO's claims that the company is only for "attractive people."
- For your commute today: Photographs of "The World’s Most Terrifying Public Transit Rides."