11 December 2006: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Europeans--and the '80s--are to blame for the majority of new graffiti on New York's subway cars.
Immigrant workers who flocked to New Orleans a year ago are now bringing babies into a crippled health-care system.
"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well." Indian men need shorter condoms.
BlackBerry addicts find innovative ways to ignore their families.
Besides, the idea that America was once filled with wildly varied business establishments is largely a myth. Mom and Pop have been going out of business since the '20s.
George Saunders, ever the optimist, answers queries about love, art, and war.
Among this year's marine discoveries: off the coast of New Jersey, fish swimming in a school the size of Manhattan.
Today in Digest, Robert Birnbaum writes about new books suitable for coffee tables.
Professor proposes a new digit--"nullity"--that can divide zeroes.
Alex Kapranos, lead singer of Franz Ferdinand, to release restaurant guide that covers the highs and lows of eating on the road.
Pitchfork music critics make exceptional wine critics.