9 March 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 09 Mar 2011 Guatemala's first lady to pull a Hillary and run for president, but needs to challenge an anti-succession law. Iranian shipment of rockets to the Taliban intercepted. Universal decides not to back del Toro's $150-million adaptation of Lovecraft's "Madness" after del Toro insists on a "hard 'R'" rating. Producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark fire director Taymor after further delays drive up the price tag. Following up on yesterday's news, Mexico's youngest police chief seeks asylum in the U.S. Thirteen killed after Muslim mob attacks Christians protesting in Cairo. It's not so much that American public life is more idiotic. It's that so much more of American life is public. Indignez-Vous! pamphlet that rocked France this year to be followed this week by Engagez-Vous!. Just sayin': Passive-agressive office notes for Wednesday. Pocket-sized book is hip again after 500-year popularity plateau. Pictures of dystopian finds at a dollar store. U.K. scare of the week: Oils from printing on paper later recycled into cereal boxes, thereby leaching into food. TMN's Clay Risen on the rise of women brewers. Index shows country houses featured in Kubrick films.
