7 March 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 07 Mar 2011 Rather than kill the web, Libyan government moved it into "standby mode," preserving its own uses. Friedman on the forces bearing down on the Middle East; rebuttal regarding the force of Friedman's vanity. Egypt revolution tweets already compiled in a book, assuming publisher can get each tweeter's permission. That's right: The 2011 Tournament of Books begins today. Odds predicted for the ToB's contenders, part one, and part two. Times hosts Rock-Paper-Scissors between you and a computer with over 200,000 rounds of previous experience. Study finds homeless helped by being handed money. Four-year-old answers questions from Reddit community; Q&A with cancer patient soon to die. These days you can't put a cigarette paper between a writer and a performing flea. Sean Parker, adviser to Napster and Facebook, on Aaron Sorkin: "by far the weirdest person I've ever met." Op: Before yogis were spiritual gurus, they were self-torturing sexual threats the populace shunned. Bhutan in rare spotlight for jailing Buddhist monk after he failed to declare tobacco at the border. Vintage mugshots from Australia's Justice & Police Museum. Robert Krulwich explains how flamingos fell over Siberia.
