Headlines from January 12, 2010
- Antarctica maintains its frigid form, keeping the oceans level, arctic ice shelves intact.
- A look at Chinese tomb-tending ceremonies.
- Robots to be enlisted to secure America's borders.
- Requiem for Richie Tenenbaum, AT&T pitchman; Paul Sorvino to release a line of pasta sauces.
- At the age of 104, while out for his daily five-mile walk, former Coney Island strongman and age-defier Joe Rollino is struck, killed by a driver.
- Following up on the Times's Netflix queue reportage, a look at the weirdest queues in the strangest neighborhoods.
- A map of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the apartment listings advertised as located in Williamsburg.
- For another cartographic study of New York City by Dorothy Gambrell, see "The Bohemian Index."
- N.Y.U. acquires Kathleen Hanna's papers, presents its new Riot Grrrl collection.
- "Be prepared...to condense the greatest effort of your life, tens of thousands of words, into ten words of marketing copy."
- Peppy U.S. teens vow to make this the best year ever.
- The tree is a metaphor for consumerism. Ryan from The Office has a blog of very meaningful photos.
- The conservative case for gay marriage: It's family values, plain and simple.
- Gallery of handmade miniature depictions of natural phenomena.
- Fed finds record profits in 2009--$45 billion--but earns more risks down the road.
- West Point report finds that 85% of al Qaeda's victims are Muslims.
- Op: I built an army in Africa; here's how we should build one in Afghanistan.
- Former Guantanamo guard meets former captives after contact through Facebook.
- Interview with an anonymous Facebook employee on what you may not know about your data.
- I appeared to have breasts. Pendulous, malformed...breasts. Man takes steroids, suffers, writes book.
- Twelve of the worst "Taddeoisms" from Esquire's profile of Jay-Z.
- You are not a little teapot, honey. You've just got my hips. Moms taking children's songs literally.
- In case you didn't notice, shortlist and judges announced for the 2010 Tournament of Books.
- Increased chance of grown men wearing shorts. Christopher Niemann's illustrated personal 2010 weather forecast.
- Places to go and things to do in case you're a vegetable tourist; recipe for Carl Sagan's apple pie.
- Audio: New Radiolab episode goes into the minds of Animals.
- Proof that 10 years ago, Game Boy was taking CES by storm.