21 October 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Interview with a top terror tracker on how to hunt Osama bin Laden.
Afghan court overturns death sentence for student journalist charged with blasphemy, gives him 20 years instead.
Unsubstantiated rumor nearly toppled Poland's economy last week--is it really so easy to destabilize a nation?
How to measure a country's financial health by its amount of Starbucks outlets.
Video: Before he was a national figure, Obama's debates on public-access television.
Video: Tina Fey on how to impersonate Governor Palin.
Due to a lack of organization, and a dislike for McCain, too, hate groups are sitting out the election.
How to learn hate while doing jury duty in New York City.
The other guy is much more negative, by some almost immeasurable factor. McCain aide Mark Salter on the press.
Op: To survive, newspapers should go smaller and smarter, not broader and less deep.
Your pdf cribsheet on biofuels; Gordon Brown's six-page brief on Obama.
The brief on bankers and traders, once "masters of the universe," now facing widespread derision, problems of self-worth.
Damien Hirst sells Merrill Lynch employee suspended in formaldehyde for $2.3 billion.
In other art news, Improv Everywhere's unparalleled four-city mp3 experiment tour.
Reviewing the current producers behind pop's hits now that Timbaland's "wandered into a cul de sac."