3 February 2010: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Three U.S. soldiers become the first known American military fatalities in Pakistan.
Four months after the massacre, power is transferred peacefully in Guinea.
Various world leaders measured for sickness, sneezing, colds.
Twenty years after its first store in Pushkin Square, McDonald's chooses Russia as its top country for reinvestment in 2010.
A.I.G. to pay out $100 million in bonuses, plus tens of millions more in March.
Chart of Olympic medals versus G.D.P.; colleges ranked by the popularity of their websites.
Op: McCain the former war hero doesn't believe in military readiness.
"There's nothing more to be said about 'why no bipartisanship,' once one recognizes the G.O.P.'s discipline."
Condé Nast sets up snitch line for employees to tattle on one another.
On the Edwards sex tape: "To remove all digital evidence of her dalliance, [Hunter] should have burned it, preferably in a licensed incineration facility."
Fascinating photos from one cubic foot of ecosystem.
The pitch of the blues: Blue whales are singing in a lower key, which suggests they're flourishing.
Writer consults the compulsion to pare down his style and quit foregrounding the rendering.
Art to see: "Glean" in New York, "Default State Network" in Los Angeles; "Art Bin" in London.
Sound map of the United States needs your samples.
Accounts of recovering art from the Nazis.
