4 April 2008: Afternoon

In case you haven't met al Qaeda's Abu Yahya al-Libi: a primer.

Bush commits to making next president send more troops to Afghanistan.

Behind closed doors in Bucharest, Germany pushes a plan for NATO's withdrawl from Afghanistan.

Photos: Afghanistan's Olympic athletes, including their only female competitor.

A Video Digest FAQ for boycotting this summer's Olympics, by Meave Gallagher.

Can it really turn "everything" into ashes, or even "just" a sea of flames? What would happen if North Korea nuked South Korea?

Saragossa Manuscript--the film that Jerry Garcia saved, and Scorcese and Coppola love--to be shown next week in New York.

Op: It's not a good time to be an art critic. Much of what's written is...weak and descriptive to no purpose. Or at the other extreme it is pure jargon, laughable if read aloud to the uninitiated.

Collaborative dry-erase board masterpieces.

Someone asked Rupert Smith if he wanted to write porn, and he said, why not.

Computers not only keep track of money, they make spending it easier. What life was supposed to be like in 2008.

Multiple cases where a spellchecker swaps "infuriation" for "information."

Red Bull takes a Polish children's charity to court, charity milks it for all it's worth.

Videos: Championship pen spinning; architecture soundtracked by Coltrane.