28 March 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Hugo Chavez speaks out for second Middle East dictator, calls Syria's Assad "a man of great human sensitivity."
Ivory Coast's Ouattara rejects African Union's appointed mediator for his connections to Gbagbo.
Hotels say they add room items strategically; up next: iPads, but no more M&Ms.
Supremes to decide if sex-discrimination lawsuits can include every woman--or "Janey Q."--ever employed by a company.
Best to stay clear of the Bronx Zoo reptile house for a while.
Genetic survey of UK's only venomous snake determines its population is dangerously inbred.
Seventeen percent of Congress is female.
Long read: Story of a murder in Guatemala--"like a John Grisham novel, but it's real."
Dennis is not more likely to be a dentist than a lawyer, and Virginia is not more likely to move to Virginia.
Today in the Tournament of Books, Freedom meets Goon Squad in the semifinals' first match.
Copywriter's guide to writing manifestos.
We care about accuracy and attention to tiny details. Teens with Aspergers find attention to detail suits comedy.
Video: I was attempting to get 3,000 toothpicks in my beard, but, alas, I ran out of surface area.
If You Watch it Backwards..., e.g., Weezer, Charlie Sheen.
Ice spiders and dino-sharks: best of Syfy channel's creature features.