2 December 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 02 Dec 2010 White House reverses course and says Gulf coastline will remain closed to oil drilling for seven years. Nigeria to file charges against Cheney and Halliburton on bribery grounds. China: Our love for Pyongyang will outlast international "tempests." While war seemed to arrive on the Korean Peninsula, life in North Korea was (relatively) normal. Related: How to evaluate the new Kanye album while Kim Jong-Il threatens your friends. Pictures of Kim Jong-Il looking at things. Op: Internet or no, the art of drawing nudes will thrive because it's always a return to the real. Scientists chart terrorism patterns in hope soon a computer will predict attacks. The internet exists because: German Scrooge McDuck named after Frankish kings, an inquiry. In the secret American description, official malfeasance and corruption infect all elements of Russian public life. It's the freedom that causes the bloating. Tribute to the 50-year-old Pill, medicine that changed a generation. From Branwell Brontë to Warnie Lewis, stories of prodigal brothers are "god's gift to biographers." John Banville kicks off The Millions' annual "Year in Reading" series. Story of Marfa master horse whisperer and his quest to win the Mustang Makeover. Sam Western profiles dowser Vernon Brady, latest in line claiming religious inspiration helps find any object. Coffeebreak read: Larkin's letters to Monica, girl he didn't marry.
