12 May 2009: Morning

Forcing out the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan indicates a move to an innovative, unconventional approach.

Obama's new hire, an ex-special ops lead man, has a troubling past of supposedly aiding and abetting torture and prisoner abuse.

U.S.-Iranian journalist released after charges of spying in Iran were reduced on appeal.

"New bulldozers exported to Venezuela that cost $387 each...could be examples of someone using international trade to launder money." How to catch the launderers.

Video: Enthusiastic expert explains how to lock up your bike in New York.

Op: Banksy is irreverent, political, and no longer buzzworthy--all things street art should aspire to.

From 2005, Pitchaya Sudbanthad's roundtable on street art.

"They tend to be in prime areas, in major thoroughfares." Until storefronts get their retailers back, they'll do time as ad space.

In Mexico, children return to school, where classrooms are freshly scrubbed and teachers are looking for symptoms.

Where infectious diseases are concerned, panic is good. Panic is what we want. Without panic, nothing happens.

Armed with mail-order DNA and iguana heaters, "bio-hackers" fiddle with cures for infectious diseases, biofuels at home.

Publishers are sniffing online for bootlegged copies of books, though it's not an out-and-out war--yet.

Video: Jerry Lewis humiliates longtime Chicago host of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.