26 April 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 26 Apr 2010 Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir wins multi-party election. South Korean ship sunk by bubble jet, attacker unknown; Seoul suspends North Korean tourism jaunts. Obama reneges on campaign promise, uses euphemisms to discuss the Armenian Genocide. Op: The public's fluctuating dismay and renewed faith in Wall Street isn't new, but the cycles are speeding up. The near-pathological need of one surfer to out-cool the other is carried straight from the parking lot to the line-up. Women feel less happy around their families, especially their parents, perhaps because more is expected of them. Account of Mark Twain's Greenwich Village house and the 1954 crusade to save it. Whether someone's a "hoarder" or an "eccentric," they're still "discerning." Theroux: Scouting is a refuge for those who are bookish in nonacademic ways (rock climbing; fingerprinting). NYRB Classics find short-term success--and possibly long-term viability--with "literary fetish objects." Sony to end Japanese sales of the 3.5-inch floppy disk. Video: New advances for E Ink. Among Bill Gates's methods for fighting malaria: laser-powered mosquito zapper. Photos: Northern Lights seen above Eyjafjallajokull's ash plume.
