Headlines from January 17, 2013

We may have killed bin Laden, but we don’t have a room to speak in. Oral history of Obama’s first term.
On Friday, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah made history when he named 30 women to the kingdom’s Shura Council.
More lethal than drones are drones that can make their own decisions—what we can expect when they reach the battlefield.
Related: Construct a Terminator Robot by 2017 and other rejected White House petitions. #tmn
A musical adapted from the 1997 documentary Hands on a Hardbody is set to open on Broadway in March.
A maintenance worker was stabbed to death for daring to cross a picket line. Recalling New York’s 1979 city-wide strikes.
Vincent Sombrotto, the letter carrier who led the 1970 nationwide post-office strike, dies at 89.
Smoke bomb your lungs. How they treated the flu in olden times.
To cure severe intestinal infections, feces transplants from healthy donors may be the answer.
In the wonderland of biotechnology, bacteria is beautiful, moss is electric and decorative tiles are animated.
Consider wearing a good-fitting mask, with no gaps around the nose or mouth, in public. The flu-humidity relationship.
Researchers shock crabs to learn more about their pain perception, encourage people to be kind to seafood.
Mammoth Cave reports detection of a fungus that has killed six million bats in North America since 2006. #animals
Inspired by the blogger-meets-pop-musician story on TMN, semi-fictional stories about meeting Richard Marx. #celebrities
Kicking off a new series by Kevin Fanning at TMN: “The Impossible Expectations for Kim & Kanye’s Baby.” #tmn
Lucid summary of the crisis in Mali, France’s intervention, and neighbors’ reactions.
Gun groups threaten to oust, “with both barrels,” any Democratic senators who vote to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Prime minister explains how Australians banned assault weapons and dramatically improved their country.
Responses from evangelicals, mayors, and children to Obama’s proposals to curb gun violence.
On TV, murder is frequent, committed by strangers or serial killers, and absolutely nothing like it is in real life.
There isn’t a single Chinese restaurant in New York with red walls, says location scout, and that makes directors very, very angry.
Round-up of 12 “must-see” painting shows in January.
The Tournament of Books is coming soon; vote now for your favorite title in our Zombie poll. #tmn
New Orleans tour guide argues for more and longer walking, and not just between airport gates.
Even in trustworthy pages, health stories are routinely unreliable because journalists aren’t skeptical enough of scientists.
Unlike the rest of us, there’s a lot that doctors won’t do to save their own lives. #audio
The very confusing story of Manti Te’o, Notre Dame linebacker, and his non-existent dead girlfriend.
SoulCycle’s spin classes are said to be cult-like—and the process of becoming an instructor there seems to be equally intense.