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Headlines from January 28, 2013

Jobs go begging in Chinese factories when university graduates believe the labor is beneath them.
Paintings of daily life in Greece under austerity measures. #art #tmn
For doomsday preppers who will need to escape New York City, the contents of one well-packed “bug-out bag.”
Related: Ralph Gamelli identifies the doomsayers who won’t make it past the first hour of armageddon. #tmn
Today’s pop news: Chris Brown and Frank Ocean’s crew brawled last night over a parking space.
Czech Republic health minister wants to make water cheaper than beer, which it currently is not.
Life expectancy of white working-class men fell by three years from 1990 to 2008; white working class women: five years.
African countries need help with governance and development, not training and equipment to fight counter-terrorism. #opinions
Bill Gates on data-driven development: “Measurement is making a difference.”
From the attic: Giles Turnbull offers a common nomenclature for Lego families. #tmn
Give yourself the Turnbull Lego quiz: What do you call it?
You are the prostitute of heretics! Website allows you to be insulted by Martin Luther.
Luther advises drinking more if you find yourself harassed by the devil.
Oldie but goldie: LL Cool J performs at Colby College gym, Waterville, Me., 1985. #video
Bipartisan gang of eight senators to present immigration-reform bill today.
TMN’s Mike Deri Smith investigates fake consumer reviews online, outsourced to freelancers on an industrial scale.
I killed people in Afghanistan. Was I right or wrong? Marine captain on “moral injury.”
Obama sits down for the New Republic reboot, says he’d like the NCAA to better protect college football players. #longreads
How tennis will change if the five-set match is retired: End of the awesome spectacles.
Sarah Hepola tells Texas Monthly why she loves living in sport town.
Related: After a life complaining and arguing and telling stories about Dallas, Hepola moves home. #tmn
Due to the power of pastors, Bahamians are banned from gaming in the Bahamas’ casinos, but that soon may change.
Tour of London’s execution sites.
Boeing’s Dreamliner, expected to become famous for revolutionary design, is “an object lesson in how not to build an airplane.” #opinions
How the world’s first computer art became an Esquire-influenced pin-up girl.
Doctors discuss which medical procedures they’d avoid—like going into a hospital if you’ve been diagnosed with dementia.
Morrissey hospitalized with a suspected bladder infection.
The loss of Ian opened up a hole in us. Peter Hook on being in Joy Division.
TMN call for interns: Application deadline is this Friday. #tmn