5 March 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 05 Mar 2009 L.A. mayoral election gets dismal turnout, fails to make front page of the L.A. Times. Instapaper for the commute: It remains unknown whether time will stay steady or melt away. Alan Moore talks about his bad influence on comics and movies. The other tragedy to befall the cricket world this week: the fraud of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford. Al-Bashir may not be arrested anytime soon, but we could always take away his air power. Gettleman puts the dead into deadpan. Tribute to the Times's man in East Africa. New research attempts to measure the association between high-school popularity and wage earnings 35 years later. The internet was invented for this: ThruYOU, making songs from YouTube videos. Sasha Frere-Jones explains the vision behind ThruYOU. In California, artists get a cut when their work's resold, but the state's art detective has a hard time tracking down artists. Photo essay of paired houses: one occupied, one abandoned. Andreas Gefeller's "Supervision" shots: stunning aerial photography. Hong Kong's infamous "Airport Auntie" gets an apology and an upgrade from Cathay Pacific. Tax instructions for freelance workers. Live feed of cursing on Twitter.
