24 February 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Gadhafi blames unrest on Osama bin Laden and young people on drugs.
Obama condemns violence in Libya, but not Gadhafi, possibly out of concern for citizens still in Libya.
Cameron apologizes for slow evacuation of Brits.
Army ordered psy-ops team to manipulate McCain and other visiting senators in Afghanistan.
White House no longer to oppose legal challenges to Defense of Marriage Act, telling Congress to get their own lawyers.
Ivory Coast out of cash currency; some see civil unrest as inevitable.
Pictures of humor during the Egyptian revolution.
Long read: Friends defend Mel Gibson and blame his bigotry on his father and alcoholism.
Account of forgotten "Bloody Sunday" when black Biloxi residents staged a "wade-in" and were met by tire irons.
In Soviet eyes, the Cold War was never really a global struggle. The European era ended in 1989, not 1945.
Update on the ongoing trial over who owns Kafka, and how Kafka's works became money.
Newly discovered dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi had big thighs it may have used to kick predators.
Videos: Explosive etching; Steve Reich's "Clapping Music" performed by Lee Marvin and Angela Dickinson.
Ziona Chan's 34 wives and 99 children make him patriarch of world's largest family.
Marlo was good for business, but the hate was better. Times profile of dooce.com's Heather Armstrong, queen of mommy bloggers.
"NASA Completes 52-Year Mission To Find, Kill God."
NSFW, perhaps NSFTMN, but still: King's Speech scenes filmed on same set used by porn mag UK Naked Men.
