September 16, 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Legal advisors to White House question using lethal force against non-senior militants.
- Ban Ki-moon's unusually strong Syria rhetoric suggests international measures—even sanctions.
- In Bahrain, clashes begin after sundown most nights, following apartheid-like repression.
- Slender electoral win by Danish left bucks Europe's rightward drift—may indicate a trend.
- Decline Watch: A five-point scoring system to assess signs of American decline.
- Harvard School of Public Health tweaks USDA's MyPlate to fit eating advice into a single chart.
- Not only did UBS let rogue trader blow $2 billion, but it didn't even notice.
- Snapshot of the lifestyle, philosophy, work ethic, and motivation of computer programmers.
- Unredacted Wikileaks release prompts witch hunt by China's internet nationalists.
- Planet found in orbit of two stars; like Tatooine it enjoys double sunsets, also monthly solar eclipse.
- Best sports clips of the week, to round off your week, this and every week.
- OMG, I got a call from the New Yorker!
