1 March 2011: Afternoon

  • Yemen's president says "secret operations room" in Tel Aviv wants to "destabilize the Arab world."
  • Protesters clash with Iran forces after opposition leaders were jailed.
  • Saif Gadhafi's £1.5 million trade for a Ph.D. from a British university isn't as rare as it sounds.
  • Black-market invitation to Prince William's wedding going for £2,000.
  • Palestinian PM solicits cabinet ideas on Facebook, hoping frustrations will be vented online rather than on the street.
  • Nice: Times Middle East update wall.
  • Walter Kirn's Wittgensteinian appreciation of Charlie Sheen's three uses.
  • Long read: Remnick on the future of Haaretz--a cross borne by editors.
  • Remnick and Birnbaum discuss sports, among other topics.
  • Royals star pitcher asks nickname "The Mexicutioner" to be retired for the sake of Mexican kids.
  • Twenty-eight years after being wrongly convicted of rape, Ray Trowler is freed.
  • Donor-conceived people say they have a basic right to know their heritage; however, "society's collective sympathies go to the infertile."
  • Goddamn it, I am not supposed to be crying over a fake Twitter account. @MayorEmanuel unveiled, exposed as a new genre.
  • Wine writer, investigating Colin Firth's celebratory champagne, pairs actors with vintages.
  • Accounting for Kindle top-selling indie writers--moving truckloads without print deals.
  • Salma Hayek T cover shot a ripoff of Meckseper's "Pyromaniac 2," which ripped off Kirkland's Nicholson.
  • The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine.--Abraham Lincoln. Quotes on the web about the web.