2 February 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 02 Feb 2007 Florida to abandon touch-screen voting machines--potentially a death knell for paperless voting. Photos taken two seconds after a self-timer button is pressed. Op: What is it, exactly, that white people mean when they call a black person "articulate?" Americans still have a difficult time talking about race and slavery, and the Underground Railroad deserves to be part of the national discussion. Invoices and Visa statements reveal suspected CIA agents need to work on their spookiness. The northern lights' biggest fans coming from the Land of the Rising Sun. Growing number of Canadians happy to harvest organs from Chinese prisoners. Reuters' New York news coming to you via Bangalore. Today's long reads: Private schools for poor children, and the benefits of investing in children. Sick of idiotic idioms? Enter TMN's new contest and change the world. Another way to change the world? Look to the Cold War for tactics on battling terrorism. Video: Joyce and Beckett play golf.
