Headlines from December 12, 2013

Women between 15 and 44 are more likely to be injured or die from male violence than from traffic accidents, cancer, malaria, and the effects of war combined. #longreads
I think there is a real lesson about mistakes we made in the past. Who is the next Mandela? #audio
Australia overturns federal same-sex marriage law, declaring all unions that took place under it invalid.
Russian state TV has been broadcasting “misleading, at time downright odd reports” of the pro-European Ukraine protests.
Those who have been treated for mental illness are less prone to violence, but their diagnosis sets off legal profiling.
One in three children under five have no birth certificate, making them ineligible for education and healthcare.
Our bathrooms are downstairs, which I guess is confusing for drunk people. SantaCon horror stories.
All the countries that contribute to a single jar of Nutella. #maps
China’s Window of the World theme park contains 130 famous landmarks in 118 acres. #photos
Mark Liberman compares the sign-language charlatan from Mandela’s funeral to Bloomberg’s highly “emotive” interpreter.
Michelle Obama seemed to be rather peeved on seeing the Danish prime minister take the picture. But photos can lie.
In 1964, telephones promised a life of leisure where housewives took karate and businessmen studied astronomy.
He is not buried beneath Pirates of the Caribbean. Fact-checking rumors of Walt Disney’s dark side.
FDA issues warning to Houston cancer doctor whose success rates, though questionable, have won droves of supporters.
For a woman who at 14 had a relationship with her eighth-grade history teacher, the crime wasn’t so clear-cut. #longreads
Put designs from TMN’s Jennifer Daniel on your wall, on your phone, and on your torso.