Headlines from March 14, 2014

When asked what would happen on the eve of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, most international relations scholars got it wrong.
If Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine would be stronger and Russia would be poor. #opinions
Novelist writing book set in Crimea looks on despairingly as current events spoil his plot.
Knocking out just nine of the US’s 55,000 electric-transmission substations could result in a nationwide blackout.
Paris makes public transportation free for three days to fight severe pollution caused by warm weather.
Pea-sized diamond found 400 miles under bedrock suggests large bodies of water under the Earth’s surface.
Rock chalk, tar heels, and boilermaking banana slugs—strange nicknames in college basketball.
Excellent power rankings for March Madness: Why each team in the top 12 will win the national championship, and why each will fail in the first weekend.
The international art and antique market grew 150 percent in the past decade thanks to higher priced works.
In 2013, major Hollywood studios released 32% fewer films than they did in 2003, but spent 75% more per film.
Retired police officer shoots another man for texting in a movie theater, 15 minutes after sending a text himself.
Norwegian companies introduce “Knausgaard-free days” to keep people’s minds on work, not on a six-volume autobiography of a 45-year-old.
Melancholy carries an elegance and sense of maturity that happiness lacks in its simple-minded prettiness. #opinions
The fact is, white privilege is the invisible bossy bitch in the room.
During the Civil War, African-American journalists led a vigorous debate over the war’s meaning for Black America.
Mike Huckabee remembers the Civil War as the “War of Northern Aggression.”
Frozen TV dinner sales in the US plummet after 60 years of meteoric success, a result of health consciousness and boredom.
In South Korea, breakfast only implies the time of day; the same food can be eaten at lunch or dinner.