September 5, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Last night, the First Lady garnered nearly double the tweets-per-minute during her speech than Romney.
- Shooting brings chaos to an election victory rally in Quebec province.
- I’ve not heard a single person say it’s too bad that John Edwards is still not around.
- Teens' natural bedtime is 1 a.m.; schools should ring their opening bell later.
- Cathay Pacific will no longer carry shark fins on cargo flights.
- Profile of a man who has milked up to 1,000 snakes in a single day.
- Neurosurgeon explains why surgery is "mountaineering for cowards."
- Vanity Fair's notes on Scientology's secret wife-auditioning process for Tom Cruise prior to Katie Holmes.
- Bethan Jinkinson on the tricky business of verifying intellectual disability in the Paralympics.
- Tyler Hamilton's book is "a historic, definitive indictment of cycling’s culture of doping during the Armstrong era."
- Words that are edited out of Chinese books: “system,” “law,” “government,” "Chinese people."
- Terms used in restaurant computers to track regulars: PX (person extraordinaire), NR (never refuse), LOL (little old lady).
- Regional guide to American sandwiches in photographs.
- See also: International sandwich guide.
- This summer, 100 million fewer movie tickets were sold compared to 10 years ago.
- Round-up of attractive car fonts.
- Lessons from Egyptian marriage counseling.
- Michael Lewis explains why success is often based on luck, not because the successful are special.
