8 July 2009: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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When the unemployed percentage equals the percentage of the stimulus paid out, the White House pleads for patience.
Europe worries U.S. will cut a cheap deal with China on climate change.
Germany's Iron Cross is back, but now it's an "Honour" Cross, and it's being awarded during a "relation" in Afghanistan.
Foreign Policy's 2009 Failed States Index.
Mugabe calls U.S. envoy "an idiot," improving on "a little American girl trotting around like a prostitute."
Grappling with the implications of an abortion party; the pro-life case for masturbation.
The very act of seeing oneself as a good person can make it harder to avoid doing immoral things.
Sitting at the feet of greats, mastering a tradition and taking it in your own direction: how philosophy is like jazz.
Why Jackson was buried brainless: Pathologists aren't finished with the post-mortem exam.
To understand the benefits and troubles of life in Sweden, begin with sex.
Four cases where tearing down a highway improves city life.
"Ballhawks" stalk baseball stadiums for famous homeruns, holding them ransom for prizes.
Related: Balls that ballhawks hope to catch soon.
Wimbledon as more than tennis, having "mastered the art of imperceptible change, so slow, so constant."
Instapaper: Beyond title recognition, why marketers would use North by Northwest to sell anything is a mystery.
