Frequent readers of The Morning News will have noticed that, since last month’s relaunch, we’ve introduced something new into our regular publishing schedule: short columns by a handful of writers, each focused on a single subject over the course of a few installments. Here’s our current rotation:
* Saudi lawmakers create "blistering array" of punishments for anyone "harming the interests of the state." * Tennessee introduces bill to punish "material support" for Islamic law. * Italy calls emergency talks as market pressure sucks it deeper into euro danger zone. * Novelist Richard Powers reports from
9:27 p.m. Driving the back roads from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, where the Bulls beat the Gwinnett Braves 4-0 behind a masterful performance by ace prospect pitcher Matt Moore, to our home 25 miles away, I’m listening to local sports radio 99.9 FM. The
* British women determine Pippa Middleton's "Royal Mocha" skin tone to be "most desirable" of all shades. * Fighting in Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Chad, and Libya, France's military feared to be stretched too thin. * North Korea eager to resume six-party talks, "without
* An overview of differing opinions on whether it's time to rename "Ground Zero." * Getting bin Laden: From a presidential candidate's lips to a house in Abbottabad, how the operation unfolded. * Forty years after the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history, new clues surface
Language students rely on local television shows for vocabulary and instruction. But not all Three’s Company remakes should be trusted. Surveying Israeli TV from Orthodox Jewish sitcoms to comedy that equally offends Jews, Arabs, and sheep.
The post-post-apocalyptic cityscape will see houses built in hammocks, and neighborhoods bound by chains. If you’ve ever felt that urban living depends on a wing and a prayer, welcome home.
Back in college, I had a honking crush on this guy who hosted a syndicated talk show. He was a small, skinny guy—dark hair, nice smile, wore those black jeans and mock turtlenecks we all put our faith in during the mid-’90s. I’m not even sure what
* The winning entry for the Guardian's "rename the endangered fungus" contest: "Hotlips." * A half-ton fungus found in a Chinese forest shatters the record for the world's largest. * Second Life equine intellectual property dispute reaches real-life courtroom. * Ben Franklin's
* "More disgusted than delighted," Obama sells compromise to liberals. * Rallying votes, Boehner thanks Tea Party newbies for getting GOP's priorities to the finish line. * The debt-ceiling deal "is a catastrophe on multiple levels," for Democrats and the country. * Smaller-government fans triumph. * American-
