22 December 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Dec 2009 The E.U. declares Copenhagen a "disaster," "a great failure." Eighty Europeans killed by cold snap. Chart: Global misery index. Airlines to face tough penalties if planes sit on the tarmac and passengers go unfed. Plants possess sophisticated defense mechanisms to fight attackers; they don't aspire to being stir-fried. Breast milk black market runs strong in Australia. Political guerillas lawfully elected to government positions in Latin America. Excerpts from the career of Craig Baldwin: scavenger, collagist, freeform freak, Whitney Biennial-selected filmmaker. Op: Japanese popular culture is like abstract art: the meaning's yours to make. 2010's New York insurgents, as collected by the Observer. The top 10 stories of the last 4.5 billion years; 10 ways to traverse deep space. The gamemaker's dilemma--when to stop improving and ship the bastard--as explained by the death of Duke Nukem. Massive rendering of 57 business clichés. Sedaris for the holidays: "SantaLand Diaries", "Front Row Center With Thaddeus Bristol."
