2 April 2007: Morning

Iraqis say civilian death toll rose by 13 percent in March; U.S. figures say Baghdad violence is down 25 percent.

Clinton raised $26 million in the first quarter of 2007, more than any candidate ever.

Op: Concerning the British sailors, "a power that can be bullied without fear of retribution by a second-rate power is not much of a power at all."

Or as Rosie O'Donnell puts it, in poetry no less: "The British did it on purpose."

Zimbabwe's neighbors give Mugabe the go-ahead, blame Western sanctions.

Crichton: Your robot doctor's diagnosis is no match for my hunch.

There are 32 cameras within 200 yards of George Orwell's old apartment.

Optimistic outlooks cited in annual report from newspaper editors, though animal attacks on reporters go unmentioned.

Roth wins first Bellow award; DeLillo's alive and writing; Tony Blair to retread the boards.

We have no idea what Jane Austen looked like, though publishers prefer to believe she wasn't homely.

Harper's redesigns, puts its entire archive online for subscribers.

Brides: write an essay and win a never-worn, never-seen wedding dress.

Cheerleading's popular in the emergency room, and responsible for a staggering percentage of "catastrophic injuries."

Who turned the thermostat down? A fat old man. Who turned it up? An anorexic teenybopper.

Today's long read: Wolfowitz's new crusade to end poverty, court World Bank board members, and survive political winds.

NYU economist: Please stop giving your money to Ghana.

Offices of various New Yorkers.