30 November 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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Capturing military dads' surprise visits home makes for genuine tears, good press--but it's a roller coaster for families.
The White House party crashers, who were gunning for reality TV, would rather sell their story than talk about it.
Secret Service acknowledges party-crasher blunder, promises protocol changes, longer security lines.
Though plagiarism is rare in crosswords, accidental near-duplicates are surprisingly possible.
For her U.S. Open tirade, Serena Williams has been fined a record $82,500, placed on two-year probation.
There's a mix of creaky alumni, pets wearing Yale sweaters, and young parents cradling future legacy admits. A dispatch from the 126th Harvard-Yale game.
Related: The author's photos from the trenches.
Galileo, John Wilkes Booth, Einstein, and other men of note who were missing body parts.
"My guillotine isn't associated with death." Inventors of new bagel slicers continue the quest to avoid breakfast injuries.
The iPod was the invention of the decade--but is it really better than sliced bread? No, really?
Anonymous op-ed on the seedy, yet boring, side of academic competition.
A new type of battery made from algae.
Solar-powered plane has 12,000 sun-absorbing cells, ground speed of 10 miles per hour.
