Headlines from January 22, 2014

Interesting account of actor Jeffrey Wright’s attempts to develop a gold mine in Sierra Leone.
Homosexuality Unnatural: Ex-Head Of Shrinks. Times of India’s disturbing front-page headline.
Photos of Bombay’s slum-surrounded residential skyscrapers titled after their ad slogans. #photography
See also: Sketches of architecture and street life in Paris from the late 1800s.
Mayor de Blasio’s crusade to stop New Yorkers from jaywalking borders on hysteria. #opinions
How to walk and jaywalk in New York. #tmn
Qwerty, 123456, trustno1. 2013’s most common passwords.
Twitter feed collects amusing German words like quasselstrippe (someone who doesn’t stop talking).
Researchers find that cognitive ability does not decrease with old age—it slows down as a result of storing too much information.
You are beautiful the way you are, but not so beautiful that you don’t need our products. The paradox of female-empowering ads.
Great white sharks can live for up to 73 years, significantly longer than the 23-year-old previously registered as the oldest.
Antarctic falcon snatches video camera disguised as an egg, captures stunning aerial footage of penguins.
North Carolina law requiring abortion doctors to show patients ultrasounds deemed unconstitutional.
The scandal roiling Chapel Hill “is a story about the moral foundation of a multibillion-dollar business: Division 1 of the NCAA.”
Super Bowl games are mostly quiet affairs, with many of the tickets sold and bartered through corporate sponsors.
Pick a zombie for The Morning News Tournament of Books X, presented by Field Notes. #tmn #tobx
Related: All Tournament books 30% off at Powells, the ToB’s book sponsor. #tobx