October 24, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- It will be the first time that American legislators hear direct testimony from civilian victims of a drone strike.
- Because Obama's proposed clean-air rules will only apply to new power plants, the effect will be minimal.
- The world's worst cities for outdoor air pollution—Bakersfield smells like Paris, but no one touches India or China.
- A dive into the healthcare.gov code reveals more bad news.
- After being born with HIV, a three-year-old girl still appears to be in remission—a medical first.
- By age three, children born into poverty hear 30 million fewer words; for those with cochlear implants, learning to talk is that much harder.
- Researchers say spanking in early childhood can result in more aggressive children who do worse on vocabulary tests.
- This year's Eagles...started out hot, but it turns out players aren't built to run 100 plays an hour.
- Rap Genius cofounder Mahbod Moghadam reveals he had brain surgery to remove a tumor that he blames for recent bad behavior.
- The Bubonic Plague is still killing wildlife in the American West.
- Fletcher Previn...built his first computer at 13, and he painstakingly Photoshopped Woody Allen out of every family photo.
- The most common reasons couples have sex now are either to create positive outcomes or avoid negative outcomes.
- McDonald's Dollar Menu now goes up to $5; a dollar in 2002—when the menu was introduced—is worth $1.30 in 2013.
- When a hardcore band doesn't pay their recording engineer, he remixes them EDM style.
- I started to dislike writing for Pitchfork when I could, professionally, start to dislike writing for Pitchfork.
- Demolition of Sandy Hook Elementary to begin tomorrow.
