Headlines from February 27, 2013

Coastal Carolina University is on lockdown after a student was shot and killed this morning.
A harrowing, interactive chart of the more than 2,300 people who have been killed by guns in America since Newtown.
Kerry defends free speech to German press: “In America, you have a right to be stupid.” #video
Two filmmakers document the lives of New York’s “canners,” the people who collect bottles and cans for their redemption value.
German politicians quarrel over whether to distribute recalled horsemeat to the poor.
Related: The etymology of the phrase “I could eat a horse.” #language
Scientists believe our mouths are more bacteria-laden than those of our cave-dwelling ancestors.
Astronomer who discovered new moons around Pluto is skeptical of names suggested by Shatner, Trekkies.
Language center in Paris to offer a special course in Martian.
Download your brackets for the 2013 Tournament of Books. #therooster
How breakfast reveals who literary characters really are.
Four decades after a seven-year-old was hit by a car and died, his classmate searches for answers. #longreads #tmn
Why Google Glass won’t become a phone: Doing so may prove cell phones cause cancer. #technology
Bloggers test the durability of Caterpillar’s new phone by throwing it onto a concrete road.
The future of car insurance: Devices in cars that track and report on driving habits.
Here’s a kid walking almost 10 miles in the ice and slush and snow for the hope of a job at minimum wage.
Poem for today: “If a Clown” by Stephen Dunn.
For more than a year, [Democrats] subjected Koop to the kind of horrific nomination battle we have practically come to consider normal.
U.S. Dept. of Transportation orders shutdown of the East Coast Chinatown bus system. #travel
An in-depth profile of Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathoner. #longreads
From 2003: For $20, I’ve got more than enough patience to sit through five hours of ER knockoffs. #tmn
He had read an in-flight magazine article about the great brand names. Nike’s first employee, before it was Nike.
RIP Jack Eskridge, the Dallas Cowboys equipment manager who selected what would become one of the most famous sports team logos.
Kenya has replaced war with politics. #longreads
As much as FBI sting operations may shatter terrorist plots, they also bring them to fruition. #opinions
British health authorities warn of a new, antibiotic-resistant form of gonorrhoea. #health
For decades, SodaStream has waged war against Coke and Pepsi—today, the odds have never been more in its favor.
Customers file lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch, accuse it of watering down Budweiser, Michelob, and other beers.
Judicial committee rules New Jersey judge, who is also an actor and standup, cannot portray a bigot on TV.
Mattel was alarmed by the Watts race riots of August 1965. Why black dolls matter.
South African thieves are mugging people for their dreadlocks, which they cut off and sell on the black market. #crime
With more buying and subscribing—and less file-sharing—the music industry posts its first revenue increase since 1999.
A look back at Depardieu’s best moments, due as much in part to acting brilliance as savvy collaboration. #movies