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  • Cartooning was his passion as a kid, and he enrolled in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture to become better at drawing backgrounds. Now, some call Ingels a "starchitect," because his challenging designs are getting built.
  • The Quantified Self movement promotes something called life logging. That means tracking all kinds of details of your life in order to improve it. To find out more about the topic, David Greene talks to two people involved with life logging: Kitty Ireland, who works for a life logging app called Saga, and to David Goldstein, who turned to life logging with the help of a coach.
  • A corruption investigation in Turkey has already forced three cabinet ministers to resign. Turkish media reports say the scandal reaches to the top of the government of Prime Minister Erdogan. He's denies wrongdoing, accusing his opponents and foreign governments of conspiring to bring him down.
  • When the year 2013 began, there were signs of improving economies across Africa. But a series of flare ups in Mali, Nigeria, Central African Republic and South Sudan meant a violent year for the continent.
  • The battle for the minor city of Bor was always about location. Bor is the capital of Jonglei State, providing a base from which to attack that region's oil fields. Bor is also just north of the capital Juba.
  • Also: the lawyer who leaked J.K. Rowling's identity has been fined; Kate DiCamillo is the new national ambassador for young people's literature; Danielle Steel is awarded France's Legion of Honor.
  • Recreational marijuana has been on sale in Colorado for a couple days now. Residents of the state may purchase marijuana for their personal use at home. But it can be difficult for visitors to find a place to use pot since smoking in public is still illegal.
  • After roaring into the Northeast and New England, where it has dumped 2 feet of snow in some places, the system is heading for the Canadian Maritimes and out to sea. As it blasted parts of the nation, the storm caused at least 11 deaths and thousands of canceled flights.
  • It's quiz time in the second half of the Pop Culture Happy Hour live show. We'll bring lots of our friends up to answer questions about crazy SyFy movies, collectibles, weird quotes, and more.
  • Also: The U.S. embassy in South Sudan withdraws more personnel; the Senate will vote Monday on Janet Yellen as the next Federal Reserve chair; Snapchat will fix its app but doesn't apologize for lax security; and one of the rescue icebreakers in Antarctica may need to be rescued.
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