- What in the World: Iran sent a very unhappy-looking monkey to space yesterday. – Huffington Post
- TTU Campus: Want to investigate international study options? The Study Abroad fair takes place in the SUB today from 10am to 4pm. See TechAnnounce.
- Green Talk: China is now burning almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined. ?!?! – Time
- Gizmo Gossip: Apple loses out. Judge rules Samsung’s patent and design infringements were not “willful.” – Wired
- Film Fan: HBO’s Entourage series has finally been picked up as a movie and green-lighted by Warner Bros. – Hypable.com
- United Nations News: U.N. Secretary General appeals to Syrian combatants to end the fighting. More than 60,000 have died since the conflict began almost 2 years ago. – Reuters
- Gun Control: Gabrielle Giffords (D), former congresswoman of Arizona, is to testify today at the Senate’s hearing concerning gun violence. – The Washington Post
- Hope in Humanity: Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, targeted and shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in October for promoting girls’ place in schools, is receiving skull reconstruction surgery at a British hospital. – Reuters
- Eh???: Barbie exists in real life… And she is from the Ukraine. – Huffington Post
- Philanthropic Goods: There are 1.7 million homeless teens in the US. How can you help? Donate your jeans! – Do Something
10 Things to Know – January 30th
January 30, 2013 by Raina Shannon
Filed Under: News Tagged With: 10 Things to Know, Apple, Barbie, China, Do Something, Entourage, Gun Control, HBO, Huffington Post, Hypeable, Iran, Malala Yousufzai, Monkey, Reuters, Samsung, Syria, Tech Announce, Texas Tech, The Washington Post, Time, U.N., Wired
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