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Editors and special effects producers took months constructing the digital pieces that appear to show Claire Dunphy's digital handiwork.(Photo: , ABC)
1. 'Modern Family' takes a high-tech digital leap
Don't be fooled: Convincing as it is, the computer screen featured in Modern Family's Wednesday episode isn't real. Editors and special-effects producers took months constructing the digital pieces that appear to show Claire Dunphy's digital handiwork as she jumps online from FaceTime to Facebook to instant-message as she tries to track down her daughter, Haley (Sarah Hyland). The episode, Connection Lost (ABC, 9 p.m. ET/PT), was shot using iPhones, iPads and a MacBook Pro. Gadget enthusiast Levitan says the show contacted Apple, which provided equipment for filming and editing, including the iPhones and a monster 12-core Mac Pro. Not a bad deal for Apple considering it's getting some prime-time product placement.
The realistic-looking computer screen featured in Modern Family's Wednesday episode (ABC, 8 p.m. ET/PT) isn't a real computer screen.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: ABC)
2. Muslim's case looks at Abercrombie & Fitch policy
Samantha Elauf didn't look like a typical Abercrombie & Fitch sales associate, or "model," when she applied in 2008 for a job in Tulsa, Okla. That much was clear from the retailer's "look policy." But whether the preppy clothier's refusal to hire the 17-year-old girl was due to her Muslim religion or simply because she wore a black hijab, or head scarf, during the interview is still being fought out seven years later. On Wednesday, it will be up to the Supreme Court to decide.
Samantha Elauf outside the federal courthouse in Tulsa on July 20, 2011.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Cory Young, Tulsa World)
3. CDC: Deaths soared as narcotic painkillers grew popular
Deaths from prescription narcotic painkillers have soared as the opioid drugs became more popular and powerful, a new federal study found. Four out of five people who used a prescription narcotic painkiller in 2011 to 2012 took pills equal to or stronger than morphine, according to statistics made public Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control National Center for Health Statistics. The percentage of people who took painkillers stronger than morphine, which include such drugs as fentanyl, hydromorphone, methadone and oxycodone, grew from 17% in 1999 to 37% in 2012, the study found.
Hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets are the generic version of Vicodin.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Sue Ogrocki, AP)
4. More snow headed for southern cities
The South is in store for another round of wintry weather, with snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain expected from Texas to the Carolinas. Accumulating snow is forecast in cities such as Little Rock, Atlanta and Charlotte and hundreds of flights have already been canceled. States of emergency have been declared across the region and many schools closings have been announced, because as the video below says, there's no such thing as just a little snow in the South.
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Freezing temperatures and a few inches of snow are enough to make roads a mess across the South. VPC
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