The lost Malaysian airliner apparently did not crash in the search area; the pings detected from that area appear to have been a red herring.

The idea that the pilots flew the plane over remote ocean until it ran out of fuel has always seemed implausible to me, mainly because that does not fit with the calm way they seem to have diverted the flight. What motive could they have had for this? If the satellite tracking data is truly conclusive, that must be where it went. Otherwise, I suspect that they landed the flight somewhere in Asia.

Even if that is so, I doubt that the passengers are still alive. It seems unlikely that anyone who arranged the hijacking would be so principled as to keep the passengers alive as prisoners for months rather than killing them.

Apple has banned a game about growing marijuana from the iThing app store.

Games about other crimes such as killing people are still permitted. Perhaps Apple considers them to be less heinous.

Global heating will damage roads, bridges, railroads and power lines.

Under a plutocratic state whose masters won't pay enough taxes to maintain the infrastructure, this will mean lots of expense that will probably be met by starving more poor people.

A coal company blocked a vote in St Louis, against public donations to companies that do unsustainable energy, by citing the Corporations United decision.

The united corporations called themselves "Citizens United", but I call them what they are, not what they claim to be.

The Koch brothers are now attacking a plan to rescue Detroit from bankruptcy while preserving workers' pensions.