September 13, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Libya attacks were likely premeditated as retaliation for drone strikes—not a spontaneous reaction to a movie.
- Protesters storm grounds of U.S. embassy in Yemen.
- Income gap is the widest in 40 years: poverty rate at 20-year high, fewer uninsured, rich richer.
- Obituary by friend of diplomat Sean Smith, killed in Libya—an extraordinary video-gaming diplomat.
- Tepid Egyptian response to fourth embassy assault displeases U.S., may profoundly affect the region.
- Syrian rebel group in Homs kills foreign jihadist leader, fearing an Islamist leader worse than Assad.
- In Libya, Tunisia, Syria, ultraconservative Salafi movement threatens gains, but is fragmented.
- Plans to stage perma-film festival using famed video collection went awry amid Sicilian odyssey.
- State Dept. wants to rebrand U.S. food abroad with celebrity chef diplomacy, ignoring foodie imperialism.
- With man-machine chess war over, tech cheats threaten honor, future of the game.
- New albums by The xx and Jens Lekman make the case that breakups can be angst-free.
