August 23, 2011: Afternoon
- Puerto Rico declares emergency after Irene; storm could be Category 3 when it reaches the U.S. Saturday.
- Controlled glimpse in Syria.
- Careful work inside led to Tripoli's capture.
- With Gadhafi falling and Strauss-Kahn's charges being dropped, BHL is having the best week ever.
- Critique of Gadhafi's short fiction.
- Public-address system installed for New Yorkers to say something nice.
- Paean to New York City's public tennis courts.
- Possibly the best thing on the internet: Questlove's stories about celebrities.
- Just in case you don't believe us: Questlove goes rollerskating with Prince and Eddie Murphy.
- Ryan Gosling breaks up a street fight.
- Study: "At least some men who identify themselves as bisexual are sexually aroused by both women and men."
- Years at which countries will die if present reproduction trends continue.
- Sixteen things someone else microwaved so you don't have to.
- Researchers, wardrobe experts weigh in on the appropriateness of a pianist's orange dress.