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31 March 2009: Afternoon

By The Morning News —
  • Sarkozy threatens to walk away from G20 if demands for stricter financial regulations aren't met.
  • Photos and stories of recently laid-off workers from all over U.S.
  • Animated photos of world landmarks as they dim their lights to observe "Earth Hour."
  • Video: From 1958, Aldous Huxley talks to Mike Wallace about overpopulation, bureaucracy, and advertising.
  • The humanity that has come within Nabokov's rather narrow field of vision has been illuminated by a guarded but genuine compassion. From 1964, Updike on Nabokov.
  • The free verse of Fox News's Glenn Beck.
  • As columns of fireworks spiraled into the air, each explosion more amplified than the last, her heart rate quickened and the blood drained from her face. Record rates of PTSD may signal a mental-heathcare crisis.
  • Department of Eagles video brings Marcel Dzama's scenes of casual violence to life.
  • U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic ruminates on the enduring importance of lyric poetry.
  • Long live the Rooster! Tom Piazza responds to today's Tournament of Books decision.
  • The Morning News would like to thank everyone involved in this year's Tournament of Books--all the judges, the authors, and you, the readers. Until next year, the bird's back in the cage!