22 April 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Apr 2010 Dodd and Shelby say the financial regulation bill is nearly finished, derivatives-trading ban included. Hawks taking wing in South Korea over its sunken warship. Gordon Brown's wife, Michelle-like, trots out Downing Street's eating and gardening habits. Facing porcine price plummet, China adds to its "much vaunted frozen pork reserve." Brief story of the spam that attempted to bring down Hitler. Syria responds to being called "the Middle East's dumbest country" by calling its name-caller even dumber. Text 2.0: When e-books monitor and react to your eyes. Keillor: Young men need to improve their conversation skills. Local news channel looking for a dedicated multi-tasker to work in our news division. Posting for a tough job. Library of Congress's Twitter archive to provide slice-of-life knowledge; historians will only be as good as their data-mining tools. Instapaper: Effusive profile of Politico's Mike Allen says you too can digest what the White House reads. Facebook panders to advertisers and data miners by removing option to control who views one's interests. Part two in a series chronicling the nuts and bolts of becoming a refugee in the U.S. The internet's top 10 things and bottom 10 things; have your say.
