26 March 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Drafting a new health coverage bill, Congress may have to choose between children and the elderly.
For failing schools, more time each day and more days in the classroom is the suggested remedy, and nobody's happy about it.
We enter the semifinals in the Tournament of Books, as Elizabeth Gaffney weighs McCarthy and Adichie.
"I was wondering: What is he burning? Not cooking, but burning. There is a difference."
Sarah Hepola on getting hot and bothered by Ira Glass.
Calvin Johnson and Ian Svenonius are the kings of the hipsters--and after almost two decades, they've hardly abdicated the throne.
Further predictions of the death of the album--as long as the music industry keeps pushing awful music, the format's days are numbered.
Album cover photographer Joel Brodsky, who shot covers for the Doors, Isaac Hayes, and the Ohio Players, passes away at age 67.
In today's Book Digest, Robert Birnbaum defends the ill- and under-reviewed. Also: Larry Brown eulogized by the band, with beer.
Your car's on-board computer tracks how you drive, and can call for help should you need it--but can that data be used against you?
Your multitasking skills are slipping, and when you're crossing the sidewalk with your Blackberry, that spells CALL HSPTL.
Video: Rachael Ray tasting. And: Rachael Ray's Secret Travel Tips.
