7 January 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 07 Jan 2008 Bush begins preparations for nation's final year. Photos from inside the Kenya chaos; all the videos and interviews you need in case you missed The Wire's premiere last night. What else do you need? Choire Sicha blogs the New Hampshire primary. See also: the candidates on science. The mechanics, money, and flirtations behind a potential bid by "uncommonly non-neurotic" Bloomberg. Print for the commute home: Just in case you weren't terrified about electronic voting machines, start now. For campaign staffers, lives are lived by celestial events, fueled by Red Bull. Huckabee's notes on his own war position; critics' thoughts on his "fair" tax ideas. "This Black American Has Become the New Kennedy!" Germany develops awkward crush on Obama. A profile of Google's path in Washington, where lobbying may offset too many questions about its power. Handful of American Airlines' 767s to come equipped with anti-missile lasers. FAA worries that passengers may be able to use seatback computers to hack into 787's flight controls. Why sex-offenders live together in Long Island; why we don't throw nuclear waste into volcanoes. Disney World bans children from its fanciest restaurant to preserve it "for that adult experience." A different adult experience: Birnbaum's good and useful books to read in 2008. Still more adult, nearly pornographic tastes: painter Alyssa Monks admits and shows why bodies look better in water. Mp3: For those who crush on Wagner, Jad Abumrad and Radio Lab's superbly enjoyable "The Ring and I." For those who crush on kicks, the best sneakers of 2007.
