28 March 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 28 Mar 2007 Iran to release the one woman from the 15 captured British sailors. Philippine daycare hostage situation peacefully resolved before lunch. Women from Pakistani madrasa abduct alleged brothel owner and family. There's a Geico gaming tent and a Neutrogena spa, and the Trojan booth offers pina-colada-scented oxygen you can inhale through a tube. Marketers as giddy as students about Spring Break. World's tallest man, and hero to dolphins everywhere, gets married; "Short Man Syndrome" proved a myth. Camille Paglia says Hillary should brush up on her military history. Today in the Tournament of Books, McCarthy battles Zombie Pynchon, and Andrew Womack battles the flu. Relationships among Scientific Paradigms graphically represented. Disney re-considers re-releasing long-buried Song of the South. Among the toys made in the '60s, the most valuable in the museum's collection is the "Liberate Taiwan" game. A brief history of China's toys. In today's Mp3 Digest, Llewellyn Hinkes wants the songs the whole world hasn't sung. At half its former size, New Orleans's homeless population has doubled since Katrina. San Francisco installs a citywide ban on plastic bags. Michael Jackson plans 50-foot robot to roam Las Vegas desert sands shooting laser beams from its eyes.
