30 April 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Apr 2009 Western analysts flattered but uneasy about jihadists expressing thanks for their understanding. Original reporting of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi citing Western scholars. Fascinating consideration of wife-hierarchy now that South Africa will have a polygamist president. Video: Student footage of Rice defending "enhanced interrogation" techniques as legal and right. Los Angeles County has 12,669 rape kits waiting analysis in police storage facilities; 450 are more than 10 years old. Los Angeles suburb to drill for oil to cure budget problems. Op: Prevent virus outbreaks by installing monitoring systems in viral hotspots (Congo Basin, Mexican farms). Fashionable surgical masks All the billions spent on bailing out the banks may not be enough to save the president's suitmaker, Chicago's Hart Schaffner Marx. Arguments in favor of restaurants charging for bread and butter. Kindles add to book sales because old people love Kindles, and old people have impairments. Obama's reading Netherland between briefing books. Ten movies in the last 10 years that most influenced the future of cinema. How Wolverine, a ridiculous Canadian mutant, conquered the world. Inside "the Mexican suitcase," trove of Chim, Capa, and Gerda Taro photographs of the Spanish Civil War.
