Nunc Scio

Canada

• Vancouver needs $438 million to finish the Olympic Village. Uh oh.
• The CBC is being sued by a woman disqualified from The Next Great Prime Minister.

World

• Dramatic photos of a helicopter crash on the Texas A&M campus.
• Remote-controlled helicopters are being used to smuggle contraband into at least one UK prison.
• A baby was born in England…two days after the mother died.

History

• On January 13, 1942, the ejector seat was first used in an emergency situation.
• The remains of 1,800 Germans, possibly killed by the Red Army, found in Poland.

Media

• More evidence that Joe the Plumber is pretty much the worst journalist ever.
• Murdered Sri Lankan editor fingers murderers from beyond the grave.

Science & Tech

• At last: bird diapers.

Pop Culture

• The Star Wars galaxy, mapped. Finally, I’ll stop taking a wrong turn at Sluis Van and ending up in Wild Space.
• Warner Bros. and Fox are reportedly close to a deal on the Watchmen movie. Please, oh please, let this movie come out.
• Ironic moustaches are dangerously close to obliterating the earnest moustache.
• X-Men Noir takes the super-mutants into the gritty 1930s.
• Sam Rockwell’s Moon looks really good.
• Rhona Mitra as Catwoman? Yes, please.
• Ricky Henderson strikes a blow for fans of speaking in the third-person everywhere.
• Ben & Jerry’s celebrates the Obama presidency with a new flavour: Yes, PeCan. And, if you’re thirsty, you can get some Obama bottled water in LA.
• Mmmm: beef jerky made from alien-abducted cows.