9 December 2010: Morning

Before and after Deepwater Horizon, several serious spills and close calls on offshore rigs hinted at potential disaster.

The web is..."a corporate sphere that tolerates public speech." Anti-Wikileaks attacks place Twitter, Facebook in unenviable positions.

With Bush 41's support, Senate will likely pass nuke treaty with Russia, cut warheads to 1,550.

Sixteen billionaires--including Zuckerberg--pledge to donate the majority of their fortunes, at some point.

Four city employees charged with fleecing $8 million from New York's food stamp program.

Mr. Ivkovic clutched a bottle of Pepto-Bismol and made frequent trips to the bathroom in Loehmann's. Catching up with the Tree Man, who's caught something horrible.

Thank your ER nurse, your cymbal sponsor, your spouse: Write your 2010 liner notes.

While the White House gardens and Congress extols nutrition, Capitol Hill sucks down pretzels with Cheez Whiz.

The world's most expensive book is full of pictures of birds.

Creepy horned dinosaur unearthed in South Korea.

You don't have to be especially postmodern to see Paris as a text, and a remarkably allusive one at that. Luc Sante on Paris's many-layered history.

Travel posters for fictional cities, inspired by old minimalist propaganda.