21 March 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 21 Mar 2008 Why giving money makes you happy; how saying no improves your life. Keys to long life embedded in newspaper headlines. Press secretary maintains Bush and Cheney "hold themselves to a standard that requires people not to like them." California researchers create energy-efficient artificial muscle that heals itself, generates electricity. European leaders debate a boycott of the Olympics in response to China-Tibet violence. Up to 6.5 million Brits sustained injuries while texting and walking. British hospitals at maternal capacity; two-fifths turned away women in labor last year. Ob/gyn ethics standards clarified: doctors seeking certification are not required to provide abortion referrals. Handbook to AIDS conspiracies; thoughts on race and tipping. If CNN and The New York Times are covering gossip like it's politics, perhaps it's not so crazy for the weeklies to cover politics like it's gossip. Meave Gallagher on CNN, oil, and the rise and fall of Britney as it impacts the housing crisis, all in today's Video Digest. Genoways decides between Díaz and Marche in the ToB; it's not too late to wager and win books for children. Your Friday video, somewhat book-related: David Sedaris delivers a pizza. Everything you need to know about the Faulkner quote in Obama's speech. (And more video: People quizzed about pi.)
