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News of the Day 1.14.10
- Not sure how long the HK police will continue toying with the public, but it seems for now that one acid attack suspect is in custody. He will be charged with the December Causeway Bay attack, unless they release him first.
- China responds to Google's news that it's considering pulling out. One official stated that the internet in China is 'open', if by 'open' he means censored.
- Eye test may lead to early detection of Alzheimer's.
- A BBC reporter's account of the earthquake devastation in Port-au-Prince.
- The one about the Polish dog who didn't understand English.
- Gok Wan is still teaching everyone how to look good naked, including women with disabilities.
- A British take on the Conan-Leno feud.
- Africa's counterfeit goods problem.
- A new book offers more details about Operation Mincemeat, in which a dead Welsh tramp pulled a fast one on those Nazis. Do we smell Ian Fleming?
- Aboriginal Canadians and the upcoming Vancouver Olympics.
- Britain's Labour Party applauds itself on progress in race relations. The Guardian thinks otherwise, naturally. Keep at it, kids.
- The state of American playwriting.
- Men, it turns out, are not a dying breed, for better or worse. Looks like the ol' Y chromosome is a resilient little bugger.
- Glowing walls v light bulb.
- Don't blame refugees for not knowing where they'll end up.