Headlines from September 16, 2014

US military to boost Ebola efforts by sending as many as 3,000 to West Africa and constructing 17 treatment centers in Liberia.
A helicopter getting ready to bomb you hovered. First responders in Aleppo.
The Indian state of Chhattisgarh has at least 300 child police officers, some as young as five.
The FBI’s controversial new facial recognition system draws on mugshots, employment records, and images from background checks.
The FCC has received 3 million comments on net neutrality, double the number following Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.”
In Belgium, a prisoner who is not terminally ill but in permanent anguish, wins the right to die.
A little lithium may help even out everyone’s moods—it’s already naturally occurring in our drinking water.
The case against drug tests: Some states are making it legal to discriminate against medical marijuana users.
But this one, so rare it gets the med students keyed up, is the beginning, the first abortion I’ve ever seen. My year as an abortion doula.
The Chronicle of Higher Education on adjuncts, who now comprise three-quarters of academia—with no hope of tenure. #video
American billionaires by political influence, from Koch to Walton. #politics
PayPal’s success rate relative to billion-dollar companies is 350x that of Google. #technology
Trans* girl wins homecoming queen at a Colorado high school.
Comparing Andrew WK and Lana Del Rey, Meredith Graves pinpoints the double standard in manufactured authenticity.
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo. Eminem’s publishers are suing New Zealand’s National Party for using “Lose Yourself” in a campaign ad.