15 December 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 15 Dec 2009 London Times documents show Iran testing a crucial final component of a nuclear bomb. Military intervention being prepared to prevent Guinea from sliding into war. The turkey bones yield apocalyptical visions of melting icebergs and Palin/Dobbs in the White House. The Morgan Freeman chain of command. Health care companies paying Facebook users in virtual currency to oppose reform. So far, Copenhagen has succeeded in showing where China and the U.S.--responsible for 40% of greenhouse-gas emissions--disagree. Fashionable theories of globalization had the effect of blocking the perception of American decline. Interactive, state-by-state map of death penalty policy. Recounting the story of H.M., memory science's most significant patient, as his brain travels to California. The Daily Beast's smartest and dumbest college towns. Scientists theorize why people speak and sign at the same rate. Simic: Poetry is read in bed, essays at the desk, newspapers at lunch. Video of a house decorated to become Christmas Light Hero; audio on how to remix Terry Riley's "In C." How to properly heat your stainless steel pans. TMN's Clay Risen on the future of American craft beer.
