Headlines from October 9, 2015

“If current rates of smoking in China continue…2 million people in China will die per year in 2030.”
The House’s best move to replace Boehner is simply not to vote, so he remains Speaker.
As the debt ceiling deadline looms, Boehner’s departure threatens to slow down an already glacial Congress.
What you need to know—in cartoon form—about debt ceilings, from McKinley’s war with Spain to Obama getting punk’d.
Canadian PM’s office halts Syrian refugee intake over apparent security concerns.
Submit your questions now to Paul Ford for the first Digg Dialog, happening today at 12 p.m. ET.
How to watch the Draconid meteors, which may be visible where you are tonight—another shower happens Oct. 22.
ISPs might start charging by gigabyte of data, which would make using the internet off-limits to everyone but the wealthy.
The University of Chicago uses its influence to both directly alter and subtly redefine the spaces at its peripheries.
The Chicago End-Times: How a once-vital metro daily newspaper aggregated itself to the point of inanity.
Uber drivers in Chicago hate Uber as much as taxis do.
Studying the carbon emissions of eating—at a fancy restaurant, at a neighborhood restaurant, and at home.
On chefs who open up restaurants inside Urban Outfitters.
“The best that can be said for the looting of the Kenyon Review archives by David Breithaupt was that it could have been worse.”
When white rappers appropriate only the most violent aspects of rap.