California's Public Utilities Commission is recommending that PG&E be fined $2.25 billion for the 2010 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion that killed ten people in San Bruno, California. If it holds, it will be one of the largest in history.
Having led the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since September 2011, he's a natural choice. But the biggest obstacle to Jones's confirmation has nothing to do with him and everything to do with political dysfunction.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Ever feel like tobacco companies were being a little misleading about the dangers of smoking? Turns out, you were right.
Discovered: why social media's popular kids are stressed out; cigarettes harm brain activity; ocean acid is corroding snail shells; the end of the permanent case of the tryptophan naps.
Discovered: Two new owls; tobacco use still hugely prevalent in developing world; microthrusters pack macro power; panfried meat linked to prostate cancer.
Cartoonist Tom Toles on tobacco's kid-friendly options.
Here's how the last 14 percent of the city avoids quitting smoking
They're more lethal because you'll smoke them "more intensively," researchers say
For the first time, Gallup polling finds 59 percent of the public supports a ban
Smokers are likelier to quit if their pet's health is at stake, for example
They're not a healthful cigarette alternative, the paper scolds repeatedly
City seeking $20 million in lost tax revenue
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