6 October 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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Election trends in Europe show desire for capitalists to deal with capitalism's crisis.
Op: Unlike Americans, Europeans don't worry about neighbors not playing fair.
Obama to appease China by skipping Dalai Lama photo op--useless gesture anyway, officials say, that snubs Tibet.
Feeling threatened, people cling to biases, but learn more when they embrace the absurd, studies find.
Medvedev is trying to help Russians drink less, but, "he doesn't stand a chance. Russians don't surrender."
To be gay in Iraq is to risk death; New York group helps expats find asylum.
Numbers on why gay couples have it more expensive than straights--i.e., the toll road vs. the car-pool lane.
Sandwich price calculator for the economically conscious (or obsessive-compulsive).
Converting statistics using billions into squares.
Facebook status updates from superheroes.
Full-time editor husband and part-time writer wife swap jobs.
They're books, and you can't throw away a book, can you? Ebert's a big softie for his bookshelves.
Our cells' ability to destroy themselves may help us live longer; "every three days, you basically have a new heart."
Today's pop science: Nine-year-old's crippling pain soothed by pot cookies.
Bizarre police sketches of suspects; awful courtroom drawings of celebrities.
Stunning finalists from Nikon's "Small World" competition; gambling odds on the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Video: Wonderful little film of a shadow world.
