23 September 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 23 Sep 2010 President sends Nicaragua on vacation and reprints Constitution during absence, including new law to prevent anarchy. Russia's constitution protects politician's thievery and paying for sex. Ethiopian fighter pilots remain stranded in Kyrgyzstan after 20 years. Japanese consumers no longer understand the 1990s-era logic of saving/going into debt just to buy a single handbag. Ninety-seven percent of New York's working-age Mexican men are employed. In the U.S., women account for 13% of arrests for murder, but only receive 2% of death sentences. Woman who falsely accused her father of molestation finds room for sympathy with "crazy right-wingers" who say Obama is a Muslim. Long read: Tale of Kafkaesque court trial to obtain the final Kafka papers. Internet searching remade with E-Z-Fynd, the longest way to find anything. Video: For people who find digital cameras too confusing, 35mm camera with flash now available. Architect John Pawson discusses minimalism as a form of historical design, and a way of life. Tracing the malaria family tree reveals a single gorilla giving it to humans. Video: "Axe Cop," written by a 5-year-old, illustrated by a 29-year-old. Hubble picture of dust clouds from the Lagoon Nebula. Jessa Crispin stalked by Jonathan Franzen's "most important book of the century." Southern writer asks other writers to go easy when trying to write the accent or imitate Barry Hannah.
