16 March 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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After a previous attempt was shut down by party hard-liners, China approves a new private property law, boosting its burgeoning middle class.
Witnesses claimed the teenager was chased up the road by a gang of youths wearing school blazers, wielding sticks, and chanting "kill him."
Scientists unsure why Antarctica is losing its ice--but it's not due to melting.
Man sues drive-by snowball-thrower.
New research theorizes fruit juices high in antioxidants--like grape, apple, and cranberry--may cut the risk of chronic diseases.
Today in the Tournament of Books, Dan Chaon chooses between Ali's Alentejo Blue and Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt.
Private industries in prisons: the new outsourcing?
Later this month the classic British auto brand MG will be resuscitated in a line of Chinese sports cars.
In today's Video Digest, Sarah Hepola brings you what you were hoping she might avoid: scary clowns.
"If Morrison sang it as a lizard, Nico is a sightless bird, lost but ever so calm, somehow knowing the right direction."
