16 May 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 16 May 2007 Latest wave of Baghdad violence kills 41 Iraqis; 37 separate missions launched to rescue kidnapped American soldiers. Martin Luther King's oldest daughter--an actor and an activist--is dead at age 51. Now Wolfowitz is getting really peeved. Research physicists set out to create shank-proof toothbrushes for prisoners. Related: Tweezerman runs for president. "The rhythms of baseball and the rhythms of the needle arts fit together perfectly." Stitch and Pitch debuts on the East Coast. Dodgers lure fans to the nosebleeds with all-you-can-eat hotdogs, nachos, and peanuts; nutritionists horrified. Second-tier schools become the new first-tier, and the Ivies are now impenetrable. (Ahem.) There's a political point here, but how crazy would it be to have prostitution insurance? The Jerry Falwell-Hustler ad that sparked The People vs. Larry Flynt. Op: The court martialling of Matthew Diaz "reflects the values of a totalitarian state and not a democracy that values justice." (Backstory here.) Five thousand fully annotated letters of Darwin now available online. "The movie's lesson is: Fight for your country, even if it's a losing battle, and have enough swords and hotel rooms on hand for tourists." One baby is too old to abandon at the hospital; one baby is too young to get a gun permit. Miami Beach is running out of sand, seeks outsourcing.
