Headlines from February 28, 2013
- Beppe Grillo, whose movement now holds the balance of power in Italy’s parliament, rules out a coalition with the center-left.
- Only half of Americans believe the U.S. is the no. 1 military power in the world.
- South African paper The Daily Sun publishes amateur footage of police officers dragging a man behind their van.
- If Nigeria’s Boko Haram is holding seven French tourists hostage, then it shows a local group becoming a more international jihadist outfit.
- Newspaper baron Conrad Black on America’s prison system, which he now knows from the inside-out.
- Great Texan pianist Van Cliburn, whose career was short but sparkled, dies at 78.
- In case you missed it: The Morning News Tournament of Books, presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble, begins Monday. #tmn
- Now available: Clinical psychologist who acts as a mediator when parents don’t know how to negotiate with their nannies.
- National survey finds children who eat school breakfast score an average of 17.5% higher on math tests.
- As dozens of U.S. corporations back gay marriage, how much longer can the NFL ask future employees if they like girls? via
- Portrait of Bob “Rosebud” Butt, credited with inventing the Long Island Iced Tea. #video
- Oxford defeats Cambridge in 60th contest where participants identify 12 unmarked wines by grape, country of origin, region, subregion, vintage, and taste.
- In praise of concision and the world’s shortest, most effective poems.
- In articles without datelines designating the writer’s location, be especially careful about your comings and goings, bringings and takings and heres and theres.
- Dozens of U.S. companies, including Apple, Facebook, eBay, and Intel back same-sex marriage.
- In addition to a photograph and fingerprinting, [should arrestees] be required to open up for an oral swab?
- A beer monopoly may be imminent, and it’s perfectly legal.
- “Harlem Shake” reaches the Middle East, where it’s a new form of political protest. #video
- Iran promises to end nuclear program in exchange for detailed diagram of atomic bomb.
- In Japan, where landlords often forbid pet ownership, cafes charge $11 an hour to sit with a cat. #photos
- Related: A tour of Japan’s “love hotels.” #tmn
- If the invitation was metallic, these words were inscribed in paint pen. The year I went to 60 bat bitzvahs.
- Fans of TMN’s Jessica Francis Kane should watch her calendar: Events are headed your way (or thereabouts) this spring.
- The evolution of the Ikea catalog from 1951 to today. #photos
- The otter may have captured the internet’s collective heart, but back home, his swagger has been cut to size. #nature
- Graffiti artists combine Neo-Romanesque and street art styles on the dome of a Barcelona church.