16 November 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 16 Nov 2009 First international flight to leave Chechnya in 15 years takes off from Grozny, headed for Muslim holy sites. There were martyrs on 9/11. They were the firefighters. Profiles of British Islamic fanatics who have given up jihad. Missing Labrador found after a year lost in the Afghan desert. Undersea gliders track whales through clicks and squeals. Nepal's caste of musicians--untouchables and oral historians--race to catch up with modern times, even if it means wandering less. Notes on France's spending a billion euros annually to keep its press alive. Tour through the "background players" of Obama's family in Kenya. South Carolina prisons sell playing cards with unsolved cases as the faces; article finishes with killer closer. Heavy multitasking impedes efficiency, light multitasking OK. Slot machines go interactive. Former prostitute and anonymous blogger Belle du Jour unmasks herself; turns out she's a doctor in neurotoxicology. What's odder than a doctor in neurotoxicology? A link blogger. Audio: Calvin Trillin eats poutine. New Yorker writer goes to lunch with a Michelin inspector. Video: Perhaps the world's funniest pullback, or, What to Eat at the Pyramids.
