13 February 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 13 Feb 2008 Excerpts from Obama's economic policy speech, with plenty to say against NAFTA. The number of new H.I.V. infections in men under 30 who have sex with men has increased sharply in New York City in the last five years. European newspapers reprint Mohammad cartoon after reporting attempt on artist's life. Latest Russian to show up dead in the U.K. is Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgian oligarch worth estimated $12 billion. Day-by-day pictures show Mother Russia in bizarre glory. Brits begin to fight back against ugly public artwork. "The staff who run the website had never heard of Lolita, and to be honest no one else here had either." Woolworths withdraws "Lolita" line of girls' beds and thongs. The architecture of polygamy. Print for the commute: Gender inequality and headscarves in Turkey. Looking at gray matter when the abortion debate resorts to black and white absolutes. Writer says it's unfair that Carla Bruni, stocked with brains and beauty, should seek solace from Yeats. Not to be missed: Radiolab debuts Season 4 at the Angelika, free for New Yorkers who know good radio. Astronaut's take on what space smells like.
