October 6, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Roberts Supreme Court faces history-making docket.
- California ballot initiative could overturn the state's mandatory sentencing laws, the harshest in the country.
- From December 2013 to today, a timeline of Ebola's spread throughout West Africa.
- Like Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas, nine others who came in contact with a pregnant woman in Liberia are dying or dead.
- How quarantine works in the US.
- Refugee who returned to Afghanistan after an Australian court deemed it safe is kidnapped by the Taliban within weeks.
- Our seemingly inexhaustible supply of sand is running dangerously low.
- Madrid is creating an auto-free zone in the center of the city, barring all automobiles for 500 acres.
- Mass grave discovered in Iguala, Mexico, where 43 student protestors went missing following clashes with police.
- The problem at the heart of gaming is capitalism's problem: The fear of a loss of control ignites vitriol.
- Beyond gaming, how Oculus Rift could transform other narrative forms.
- Early cybersex allowed young women to explore their early sexual identities and desires without the fear of guilt, judgment, or censure.
- Coast Guard rescues ultra-marathoner trying to "run" the Bermuda Triangle in an inflatable bubble.
- Simulacra at Starbucks: pumpkin spice lattes aren't pumpkin, and they could be served yearlong.
- It's that time of year: "Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt."