NYT: As North Dakota Oil Town Booms, a Priest Steadies the Newcomers.
In ND it doesn't take a village just a priest to hold up ten drunks.
NYT: Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry.
Farmers exploring market for dried almonds.
NYT: Auto Industry Galvanized After Record Recall Year.
Despite redoubled efforts, experts doubt industry can break that record in 2015. Happy New Year!
NYT: Source of Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Might Be Bats, Study Says.
African baseball season cancelled until new rules allow play without bats.
NYT: Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin Are Naughty and Nice.
Confused the Hell out of Santa this past Xmas.
NYT: Victims of G.M. Deadly Defect Fall Through Legal Cracks.
For ten years, GM knew of cracks but failed to report them.
NYT: In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End.
White Flags found in recruits' backpacks issued to all French soldiers.
NYT: Cosby Team’s Strategy: Hush Accusers, Insult Them, Blame the Media.
Most successful move: refusing to acknowledge paternity on hundreds of birth certificates.
NYT: In a New Approach to Fighting Disease, Helpful Genetic Mutations Are Sought.
FDA, seeking largest pool of mutations, asks Tea Partiers to submit genomes.
NYT: Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002.
Apologizes for speaking at Republican Convention.
NYT: New Translations of Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.”
To economize, publishers using already translated texts of "War and Peace."
NYT: In Hollywood, It’s a Men’s, Men’s, Men’s World.
Female actors receiving scrotal trans surgery to show they've got balls.
NYT: Mourners Gather at Wake for Slain New York Police Officer.
Cops give free lessons to mourners in chokeholds