Both Fujifilm and Kodak saw the digital age coming, says the Wall Street Journal—guess which one had the future in better focus? Instead of just thinking about their future as a switch from analog to digital, Fujifilm started brainstorming and came out with other applications for its chemical expertise. Nowadays, it’s a major player in both health-care and electronics markets.

In the New York Post this morning, a picture of the “skipper’s sexy siren.” Now Italian authorities say the captain of the Costa Concordia had been wining and dining a 25-year-old Moldovan woman right before crashing the cruise liner. Sources say he brought her up to the bridge just moments before the vessel crashed into a rock.

Lots of different opinions about President Obama’s decision to reject a proposal for the Keystone oil pipeline, which would run from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The New York Times says the decision was “a good call.” The decision prompts the Wall Street Journal to call him the “anti-job president.”

There’s a public corruption trial going on in Cleveland. And the local news channel has been covering it in an odd way. Every night after their regular newscast, the station airs Puppet Court, a full re-enactment of the trial, with witnesses, reporters, and jurors…played by puppets. Some viewers say it’s a nice way to digest the news—others are unsure about what to think.

Francesco Schettino, everyone’s least favorite skipper, is back in the New York Post today, and he has another story about why he abandoned ship after running the 950-foot, 3,200-passenger cruise vessel into the ground. He says he “tripped and ended up in one of the lifeboats.” How lucky for him.

Ms magazine hasn’t released monthly issues since 1987. So it was with surprise that a Florida man opened his mailbox this week to find the February 1976 issue waiting for him. The Sun Sentinel says it was delivered after being lost for four decades at the post office. The man says though it was interesting to look at the ads (like the KFC one with the tagline, “Best breasts in the west.”)  says he “would have preferred a Playboy.”

Why is it so hard to find the perfect button-down shirt? It’s a probelm that affects both genders equally, says the Denver Post. Luckily, some designers are concentrating their efforts to improve the workplace staple. Praise is heaped on lobbyist-turned-designer Rochelle Behrens who’s created a version with several hidden buttons on the placket to ensure a gap-less bustline.

The New York Post says Anthony Bourdain was super cynical about Paula Deen on Twitter yesterday writing,  “Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.” Bourdain has never been shy about his dislike for Deen, but has amped it up since her disclosure that, after three years of keeping her diagnosis secret, she’s now repping a diabetes drug.

One day, you might go on a hike and spot a Pat Kiernan growing in the wild. Maybe. The Washington Post says botanists have decided that Latin is no longer their lingua franca. Now new species can be named in English. The Post says the original requirement was to keep out frauds—if you could describe your discovery in Latin, it probably wasn’t a bogus species.

The Wall Street Journal has a first-hand account of the world’s longest flight, 15 hours from Dallas to Sidney. In coach. Airline columnist Scott McCartney says more people are willing to pay a premium to fly non-stop on long flights, instead of opting for one with a connection. But that doesn’t mean it’s pleasant. Some advice on how to make it tolerable: Don’t watch all your “30 Rock” episodes in the first hour—pace yourself.

Looks like I wasn’t the only one who realized how much they depend on Wikipedia. The San Jose Mercury News says yesterday’s historic Web protests were effective in slowing down the SOPA legislation winding its way through Congress. Some key politicians backed away from the bill, including Florida Sen. Mark Rubio, who was one of its co-sponsors.

Like mother like daughter is not such a bad aphorism to live up to if a) your mom is Cindy Crawford and b) you’re an aspiring model. The New York Daily News has a photo of 10-year-old Kaia Gerber posing as the face of Versace’s childrens line. On the front page they couldn’t resist a pun: “Chip off the Mole Block.”

Mitt Romney revealed his tax rate yesterday. It’s about 15 percent. The Wall Street Journal says the disclosure has put a focus on the GOP candidate’s wealth. New Gingrich, who supports a 15 percent flat tax plan, took the opportunity to offer this jab: “We ought to rename our flat tax…the Mitt Romney Flat Tax.” By comparison, in 2010, President Obama and the First Lady paid 25.3 percent of their $1.8 million income.

If you’re not a fan of “American Idol” you going to find this depressing. USA Today puts together a list of “5 reasons ‘Idol’ could roll on forever” in today’s paper. Its track record as a star-maker, its simple contestant-focused format, and its position as leader of the Reality Singing Show Contest genre are offered up as reasons for the show’s staying power.

There’s an opinion piece in the New York Times this morning, written by a bipolar woman whose sister is a writer for my favorite show of the moment, “Homeland.” She’s apparently the model for Claire Daines’ psych issues. She says “the show cuts close to home at points, but it gets the lead character’s story right.”

The Boston Globe has an interesting article today, featuring “confessions of ex-vegetarians.” One man says it wasn’t until he started eating meat again that he realized the meat substitutes in his diet were giving him headaches. Another says he didn’t feel strong enough for rigorous activity on his meat-less diet.

“American Idol” is starting up again today. And Houston Chronicle columnist Joey Guerra has some suggestions for songs he’d like to see deleted from the show’s songbook. Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing” is on the list. Actually Guerra says anything by Houston, Mariah Carey or Alicia Keys needs to go. He’s also in support of the rumor that “At Last,” by Etta James has been officially banned.

O.M.G. Guess what a group of researchers from the Berkeley just discovered? Gossip, they say, is good for society. Spreading the word about someone who’s behaving badly plays a “critical role in maintaining social order, preventing exploitation and lowering stress. Says one of the study’s psychologists: “Much of what we call gossip is driven by a sincere desire to help others.”

Scientists are trying to crack their own da Vinci code of sorts, says the LA Times this morning. A team based out of the University of California San Diego is in Italy to decipher if a mural by the artist has been hidden in plain sight,  behind 16th century fresco, for hundreds of years. The team is using tablets to determine where to drill through the fresco, by artist Georgio Vasari, in order to place tiny cameras in the wall.

After years of encouraging viewers to serve bacon cheeseburgers on Krispy Kreme donuts, Paula Deen announced yesterday that she has diabetes. Apparently, she’s known about her condition for three years. But she’s talking about it now because she’s the new spokesperson for Victoza, a diabetes drug. The Savannah Morning News says the news didn’t deter diners at her restaurant from ordering Deen’s fatty favorites.

The New York Post comes out swinging on its front page this morning. “Chicken of the Sea” is the headline below a photo of the captain of the Costa Concordia. Just-released audio puts the captain on a rescue boat about an hour after he’d run the 950-foot, 3,200-passenger cruise ship into the ground. The Coast Guard’s reaction: “Get back on board for f—k sake!!!”

Buying a lightbulb used to be as simple as choosing between 60 watts and 75. Nowadays, one must answer a litany of questions before buying bulbs. The Wall Street Journal offers some advice to help decipher the new labeling, as well as pros and cons on the three main types—incandescents, compact fluorescents (CFLs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

On one side there’s the music and movie industries, who say SOPA will protect “America’s creative class from thieves.” On the other side, are privacy advocates and Silicon Valley, who say SOPA will “undermine free speech and due process.” In today’s paper, the Wall Street Journal puts together a helpful guide on the Stop Online Piracy Act, now making its way through Congress.

And we’re down to five. John Huntsman bowed out of the GOP race yesterday, but not before he endorsed fellow Mormon, Mitt Romney. The Washington Post says the endorsement was odd, because “for years, the scions of two of the country’s most prominent Mormon families” have had an “uneasy and at times bitter rivalry.”

Doctors in Texas are leading the charge for something that medical researchers say will become standard practice in the next decade. Collectively, they’ve become vanguards of the open-notes movement, a push to get physicians to share their notes. Studies have shown that patients want to read their notes, yet doctors tend to push back, saying they’re the only ones trained to interpret the notes—and perhaps the handwriting.

A bizarre take on the Happy Meal in today’s LA Times: Police say they arrested a woman on the suspicion of prostitution after a customer said the woman approached him in the McDonalds drive-thru and offered sexual favors in exchange for free chicken McNuggets. He declined the offer. 

Jessica Latshaw just got her big break on the train last week after she was coaxed into breaking out her ukulele by a stranger. Or as the man who captured the impromptu performance, put it on YouTube, and made it into a viral hit sums it up: “What originally started out as a typical NYC subway ride (sitting across from guy who smelled like urine) turned into an awesome performance by two people who have never met before.” VIDEO.

Either they’re driving more cautiously, or they’re too stoned to drive at all. That’s the conclusion researchers have drawn from new study, which found states that have legalized medical marijuana have seen a significant drop in alcohol-related car crashes. Overall, legalization corresponded to a nine percent decrease in traffic fatalities.

Kids, get your homework done today. Wikipedia is one of several websites participating in a one-day blackout on Wednesday, to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, reports the LA Times. Founder Jimmy Wales says SOPA and other anti-piracy legislation supported by the movie and music industries encourages censorship. Mozilla, Wordpress and TwitPic are also planning to go black tomorrow.

Cool picture on the front page of the Anchorage Daily News this morning. The Russian tanker finally made it to Nome yesterday. Or close enough. Those are fuel transfer hoses running over the ice-covered Berring Sea. Yesterday, the ship started pumping 1.3 million gallons of fuel to the iced-in city, a process that could take up to five days.