20 April 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Egypt's chief archaeologist now multitasking to avoid allegations of powermongering and fraud.
We're talking about the largest mass migration in human history. Anticipating Bangladesh much underwater in 2050.
Ireland certainly has some interesting water towers.
Print media still strong in Ethiopia, where customers pay less than a cent to rent a newspaper for half an hour.
Among funders who may wonder how Greg Mortenson's charity spent their money is President Obama.
Rushdie: Convincing China to release artist Ai Weiwei is now a matter of extreme urgency.
Amis: Prince Charles was originally "very anti-Rushdie"; Amis himself would prefer not to be English.
Words of the day: Glabella, zarf, badinage.
Schools that spend the most on sports: Texas-Austin, Ohio State, Florida.
To regulate indoor summer camps, New York declares freeze tag and kickball dangerous activities.
Video: North Carolina students play regular pick-up games with school's elite basketball team.
Hand transplants not from the future, they're from California.
One wonders if Eric Asimov filed expenses for his review of a $220 corkscrew.
Forensic look at the history of murder; charts about contemporary sex.
Slideshow: Guess the parentage of genetically blended puppies.
The vast majority of the world's books, music, films, television and art, you will never see. It's just numbers.
Moby waxes poetic about collecting every drum machine ever made.
