October 31, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Police find accused sniper Eric Frein in a Poconos airplane hangar after a 48-day manhunt.
- With Frein captured, Halloween officially resumes in Barrett Township.
- Ebola threatens to derail the legacy of Liberia's Sirleaf, Nobel Peace Prize winner and the first woman elected president of an African country.
- Chevy executive presents World Series champ with a truck full of "technology and stuff" and also due for a recall.
- Revolutionary winds in Mexico.
- Republicans eschew the Tea Party to resume big embrace of Wall Street, banks, and the Chamber of Commerce.
- According to FiveThirtyEight's forecast, the GOP’s chances of winning the Senate are 68.5 percent.
- Facebook data science: Liberals and conservatives agree on Taylor Swift, the Jersey Shore, and The Hunger Games.
- Hong Kong's tycoons should fight for the Umbrella protesters—they're defending a way of life that makes wealth possible.
- Beijing bans Halloween costumes on the subway, for fear of people causing trouble or gathering in groups.
- How we respond to fear is actually a complicated algorithm involving our biology and our experience.
- Navy SEAL who wrote best-seller about killing Bin Laden under investigation for disseminating classified information during public appearances.
- The Patriot Act, passed to fight terrorism, is now a ubiquitous part of police apparatus.
- New York now features a poetry brothel.
- Thanks to sexism and capitalism, men get only two forms of birth control, while women have 11.
- Sexism in EDM: Tokenism, beat-matching, and only two female-identifying acts in DJ Mag’s annual list of Top 100 DJs.
- LeBron tosses chalk once more, for "one of the biggest sporting events that is up there ever," then loses to the Knicks at home in Cleveland.
- Your Halloween party: the top five underappreciated horror movies.
