17 February 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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North Korea celebrates Dear Leader's life with Kimjongilias, flowers designed to bloom on his birthday.
Belgium throws parties for going without a government longer than Iraq.
Bookmaker's odds on next Middle Eastern country to topple its leader has Yemen first.
Tie down your VCR and GPS, there's a solar flare coming.
Op: IBM's Watson dominated Jeapordy, but it couldn't grasp Ken's joke, ergo victory for Team Carbon.
What IBM's Watson means to the future of AI: Computers will soon seem intelligent within narrow scopes.
Ben Greenman's script from Two and a Half Men when Watson replaced Charlie Sheen.
Long read: Why jokes work.
"Microbets," or, how a man collected $221,677 for a bet that cost 10 cents.
Jargon: "DIPE"--documented instance of public eating, i.e., when a celebrity fools a journalist into thinking she eats.
Notes on contemporary British money laundering.
Requirements to pay full price for runway fashions: personal shoppers, overnight mail, cash.
In case you missed it: Sociologist who went undercover explains how bouncers choose guests.
Brackets coming very soon for this year's Tournament of Books, so don't forget to pick up your Rooster notebook!
Video: Man loses to chicken in Tic Tac Toe.
