September 27, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Al-Qaeda now controls more territory and can call on more fighters than at any time since bin Laden created the organization.
- Interactive guide shows what today's report about climate change means for temperature rises in your lifetime.
- Black Friday as we know it is a moribund tradition, more cultural than economic.
- Clothes worn on Parks and Recreation—often from Barney's or Anthropologie—don't reflect the budgets of low-level government employees.
- Half of Americans think kids are better off with mom at home; 8% think the same about kids at home with dad.
- "Breast ironing," tragic cultural practice where breast growth is forcefully curtailed during puberty, a major problem in Cameroon, is now surfacing in London.
- Charleston used to do brisk business selling fake slave tags to tourists.
- Family photo, "slightly crumpled from being stashed in the pocket of a space suit," remains on the Moon.
- Anti-jet lag remedies rely on not eating before arrival in a new place, then eating breakfast right on time.
- The most interesting science story we read this week: Flies are tough to swat because they perceive time slower than us.
- Teenagers quit Facebook rather than log out to avoid nosy searchers, knowing Facebook will restore their information when they re-activate.
- Camus revered Algeria in his life and writing; Algeria does not reciprocate the sentiment.
- Another iconic figure barely acknowledged by her hometown: Patsy Cline.
- Writer David Gilmour, who teaches novels by "serious heterosexual guys," says the only woman writer worth teaching is Virginia Woolf.
- Ten most James Franco lines selected from James Franco's new novel.
- Scientific investigation into who is the most pompous sports pundit measures the use of personal pronouns in recent columns.
- Retired Russian farmer leaves his village to see New York City for the first time.
