2 February 2009: Morning

Security was tight during Iraq's elections on Saturday, but the day was almost violence-free and there were no confirmed deaths.

The new symbol of power in D.C.: when you know President Obama's email address.

The best and worst Super Bowl ads--was $100,000 per second worth it?

Things cannot possibly get any worse than they are here. Braddock, Pa.: Raising out of the post-apocalyptic ashes.

After a decade of Chavez: Venezuela's poverty is dwindling, corruption and inflation are going strong.

Terrorists need a degree of stability--it's not the failed states that present the biggest challenge.

The TV anchors looked exactly the way we knew they'd look, their faces urgent, their hair neat, their shoulders tense. The invasion from outer space.

Gallery: I can read movies.

Denby: Benjamin Button has more Oscar nods than either Citizen Kane or The Godfather: Part II--what gives?

We've all heard of American Airlines, but US Airways? Flight 1549 conspiracy theories.

Didn't happen, but: Francis Scott Key to sing national anthem at Super Bowl XLIII.

Video: Virtual T.S. Eliot reads "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

At the rager the chicks come and go / Talking about art or something, I don't know. The closest Jay comes to a love song.