4 October 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 04 Oct 2010 Two hundred women raped in Luvungi, "the U.N.'s crowning failure" in Congo. Diplomats say Mitchell overstated initial success during peace talks. Medal of Honor makers remove option to play game as Taliban, replace it with "opposing force," e.g., al Qaeda. Op: D.C.'s "American credo" that the world will fall into chaos if the U.S. doesn't lead is false. Unemployment in Las Vegas is 14.7%; Nevada leads the U.S. in foreclosures 44 months in a row. U.S. teens better with condoms than adults; satisfaction gap persists, with one third of women experiencing pain. Government apologizes for infecting hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis in 1940s experiment. Video: Heavy storm experienced on a cruise liner. Federal copy editors pressure N.Y.C. to spend $27 million updating street signs. From the attic: Joseph Kloc on the importance of punctuation in good signage. Father explains to son why he wants to sell a song to Nashville. Life, times, and legacy of Robert Jordan, whose epic "Wheel of Time" fantasy series is reaching completion despite his death. Instapaper for the commute: Insider profile of Kerry & Co.'s failure to pass climate-change legislation. Michael Cunningham describes the woman for whom he writes; Andrea Levy describes the view from her desk. Gramophone releases its 2010 classical music prizes. For anyone except ardent dog lovers, four reasons to root for Michael Vick.
