30 September 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Sep 2009 E.U. report says Georgia started last year's war after much provocation. Op: Being cunning in handling his biz, Obama acts presidentially; his detractors, being hysterical, do not. How to "Merkelize": a Flickr pool of Angela Merkel-ish hand gestures. Copyright woes and lack of demand attack producer of the AK-47. Wanted at U.S. universities for their superior early training: Australian philosophers. Contemporary examples of Darwin's point about a predominance of cats generating a dearth of flowers. Blog post gets homeless couple's pension and benefits reinstated to the tune of $1 million. Side effects from placebos can be drug-specific, and often more intense. Reasons why the Manhattan Project will be forgotten in the relatively near future. Reporter develops theory about Malcom Gladwell being a ladies' man; Gladwell declines to comment. Princeton students and professors give pilot Kindle program a big red F. Scientific and mathematical concepts demonstrated with food. The next time your brain droops, here's why you should eat some sugar. Illustrated "Missed Connections." Interactive optical illusion makes it look as if everything is melting (don't click if you have photosensitive epilepsy). Note: One TMN editor almost fell over after looking at that illusion.
