Russia's meteor shower, the death of the penny, and more

MYSTERIES OF SPACE Everything you need to know about meteor strikes Incidents like the one over Russia happen roughly once every five years, and there's little we can do to predict them MYSTERIES OF SPACE WATCH: Amazing footage of Russia's meteorite crashes The Ural Mountains were shaken by some pretty dramatic explosions on Friday, as a meteorite burst in midair and showered Russia with the remnants TOUGH LOVE WITH STARSHINE ROSHELL Advice: How do I tell people I don't want kids? "Do you have kids?" is a reasonable question. "Why not?" is abominably rude ARTS+LIFE The week's best photojournalism In some of the week's most captivating images, runners get doused in colors, cruise ship passengers call for help, and a piglet sniffs out its new ride BUSINESS Is it finally time to kill the lowly penny? President Obama offhandedly suggests that we ought to quit minting one-cent coins — which each cost 2.4 cents to produce and distribute THE COMPASS WITH MARC AMBINDER How the LAPD is slowly getting it right The LAPD is by no means a perfect police department. But it's a much, much better one than it was FROM OUR PARTNERS AT NEWSER Horse meat found in UK school lunches Scandal spread to Norway, as well FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE Is Rahm Emanuel considering a presidential bid? If Hillary Clinton opts out of the race in 2016, the Chicago mayor could step up to the plate SEE ALL CARTOONS POLITICAL WIRE ‪Herman Cain joins Fox News SLATE Supercut: Goats yelling like humans BUZZFEED Ken Jennings: America's hardest working know-it-all NEW YORK MAGAZINE Will conservatives learn to love Obama? SALON Sorry, men and women probably can't be friends Photo of the day The Blade Runner breaks down — and more in our collection of newsy images from around the globe       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.