8 April 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 08 Apr 2008 As torch arrives in U.S., Olympic Committee considers pulling the last stops of the relay. In Germany, 42 percent declared unfit for duty in the compulsory armed services. Print for the commute: Evolutionary biologists seek to beat religion by accounting for it. Zimbabwe's education system reaches crisis state, with teachers fleeing inflation by the thousands. To save a buck, Indian IT firms are now opening outsourcing facilities in the U.S. How India plans to beat China in selling more IT to Africa. Wal-Mart aims to green its stores and profits; Starbucks aims to beat Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's by serving Dunkin' Donuts/McDonald's-style coffee. Do April showers bring May flowers? Not really. Pitchfork TV launches in beta mode; see also: Little league game gets big-league treatment. Google Earth launches new program highlighting the world's largest refugee crises (try it here). Chief of Europe's Grand Prix says his dungeon sex tape isn't Nazi-themed, merely an example of good manners since one of the women was German. That's right: Wondering who will win next year's Pulitzer? Follow the Rooster. Clay Risen profiles Mockbee's Rural Studio, addressing rural poverty through architecture. New York magazine's canon of great New York books. Artwork by patients at U.C.S.F.'s Memory & Aging Center.
