By Lauren Weber
Tuesday December 29th, 2015
TOP STORIES
NO INDICTMENTS IN TAMIR RICE CASE A grand jury in Cleveland declined to indict two officers in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice Monday, capping off over a year-long investigation. The officers had fatally shot the boy while he played with a toy gun. [Daniel Marans, HuffPost]
GUINEA OFFICIALLY EBOLA-FREE The World Health Organization has declared the country free of the deadly virus. [Michael McLaughlin, HuffPost]
START STOCKING UP ON CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP Here are the cities expected to be hit the hardest with the flu. [Kate Bratskeir, HuffPost]
MEET THE NEW MORTGAGE BOND "The federal government is trying to get taxpayers off the hook for billions of dollars of potential losses if another mortgage crisis arrives -- and in the process, it is quietly giving birth to a new asset class." [WSJ | Paywall]
THE FINAL FRONTIER Inside the race to stake claims on Antarctica's fresh water supply. [NYT]
ISLAMIC STATE ISSUES NEW ORDERS ON HOW TO 'PROPERLY' RAPE ENSLAVED GIRLS AND WOMEN "Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when 'owners' of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females." [Reuters]
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WHAT’S BREWING
MOTORHEAD FRONTMAN 'LEMMY' DEAD AT 70 The British heavy metal rockstar Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister died of an aggressive cancer. [HuffPost]
MARK ZUCKERBERG IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU FACEBOOK STOCK Sorry folks, that's another Facebook hoax for you. [HuffPost]
THE NEW LOOK OF GOOGLE GLASS Let's see if this version is actually successful. [Ars Technica]
GONORRHEA COULD SOON BE UNTREATABLE Another instance of the scary world of antibiotic resistance. [WaPo]
OF COURSE 'GAME OF THRONES' IS STILL THE MOST PIRATED SHOW For the fourth year in a row. Here are some pictures of Bran all grown up to tide you over till April. [HuffPost]
IT COSTS A LOT TO RESCUE MATT DAMON From Mars to World War II, saving him is rather expensive. [HuffPost]
YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE NIGHTMARES If you sleep on your left side. Or watch horror movies, but that's neither here nor there. [HuffPost]
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WHAT'S WORKING
THE LAST PLACE TO CONVINCE OF THE CAGE-FREE EGG MOVEMENT "'It's when we are going to start seeing change at the supermarkets,' David Coman-Hidy, executive director at the animal welfare nonprofit The Humane League, told The Huffington Post by phone on Sunday. 'The final frontier is for retailers to catch up to consumer sentiment.'" [HuffPost]
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ON THE BLOG
'A LOW-KEY NEW YEAR'S EVE' Check out "five super relaxed NYE party alternatives for anyone looking to have an exciting night in." [HuffPost]
BEFORE YOU GO
~ This couple paid $100,000 to clone their dead dog.
~ Jeb Bush has challenged Donald Trump to a one-on-one debate.
~ Heart, be still: President Barack Obama has invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a White House State Dinner.
~ The "affluenza" teen who was on the run has been detained in Mexico.
~ How China's aggression is pushing Vietnam back to the U.S.
~ The number of deaths from marijuana overdoses.
~ Taylor Swift's cats definitely had a better year than you.
~ Brace yourselves, Cumberbitches -- here's the first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange.
~ It'd cost you a cool $400 to ring in New Year's Eve in Times Square's Olive Garden. Hey, unlimited breadsticks?
~ The CNN anchor who passed out on live TV has been cleared by her doctors.
~ Miranda Lambert has found herself a new country singer squeeze.
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