16 January 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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Judge orders White House to retain emails, reminds that Napoleon wanted to control history, not laws.
Harvard law professor, philosopher advises an "instinctively pacifist" Brazil on what role a modern-day army should play.
Theatre is slow to respond to crises like Gaza, but it can reveal our complacency, powerlessness about traumatic events.
Very big photos of our very big planet, where we are very small.
Video: How to have fun at 14 below, from Star Tribune weather reporter Bill McAuliffe.
Photos from yesterday's airplane crash landing in the Hudson River; more coverage: video, Flickr, Twitter.
A map of the water systems of Manhattan, depicted as "a vascular organ."
Enlisting eBay, relatives in recipe archaeology of a family's beloved chocolate-chip cookie.
Authors are always pretty sweaty, so you want to drink less liquor that will result in perspiration. Gary Shteyngart's guide to being a novelist.
This year's Tournament of Books contenders have been announced; coming soon: reader voting and the judges list.
The Tour De France has never had a black rider; Kenya searches for a winner.
"In-flight flight," "Turning into a brick wall. Forever" and other superpowers that won't make you capable of anything.
Video: Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it).