19 March 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 19 Mar 2009 If you enjoyed the A.I.G. bonus brouhaha, wait until Fanny and Freddy start paying out. The pipedream of corporate social responsibility needs to be shelved. Six years after the invasion, Baghdad shops open their doors again. Convicted of insulting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian blogger dies in prison at 25. Putin spotted in 1988 photo of Reagan, suggesting a K.G.B. plot; detractors say Putin never had that much hair. Design plans explored in response to Sarkozy's call to reimagine Paris. Seeking solitude, fly fishermen explore "waters redolent of manure and marked by signs warning of mercury contamination." Layers of a 2,800-year-old mummy exposed by an "intelligent" CT scanner. Enjoyable attempt to pinpoint the first instance of a man donning a lampshade at a party. Regarding brutal London buildings: "Condemning an entire historical movement can be a symptom of intellectual laziness." Space shuttle photographed by Twitter users; map of science. Core Value. Paradigm. Taxonomy. Full list of 200 words banned by British Local Government Council (explainer). Locavore: the new iPhone application for those who like to eat in season. Video: Music supposedly converted into impulses that change your face. Photos of looking at the past in the present, better done with postcards.
