October 9, 2014
By The Morning News
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- St. Louis police officer shoots and kills teenager whom witnesses claim was unarmed.
- There's little evidence airport fever screenings can prevent Ebola's spread—passengers may not show symptoms during travel.
- Actually, America does negotiate with terrorists, and the FBI—or a proxy foreign government—will help you pay a kidnapped relative's ransom.
- Poll comparison shows the American public has been quicker to approve of same-sex marriage than interracial marriage.
- The NFL's Pink October merch doesn't raise money for breast cancer research, but for screenings based on outdated science.
- Only 11 countries have signed the Moon Treaty, and none of the world's spacefaring nations are among them.
- AT&T to pay $105 million for billing customers for horoscopes, love advice, and ringtones without their knowledge or consent.
- Citizens from 50 countries weighed in on CEO pay, and they all agreed salaries are too high.
- Discovery of the world's oldest cave art in Indonesia dislodges Eurocentric view of human creative development.
- Much of the public clearly does not know what to make of scientific research and has a poor understanding of how findings are reached.
- Damage from ocean acidification to cost $1 trillion by 2100—only curbing CO2 emissions can reduce the problem.
- After a too-cold winter and summer, New England apple orchards' picking seasons will end early this year.
- Valenti: Jennifer Lawrence's bold response to leaked photos stands in stark contrast to cowed starlets of years past—it's progress.
- A 131-song primer to the UK's "febrile, unpredictable, and demented" 1977-1985 DIY music scene.
- I first learned how to organize words into some kind of structure that people might want to read by writing recaps for my fantasy baseball league.
