December 8, 2011: Morning
- By calling Russia's election rigged, Putin says Clinton "gave a signal" to his enemies.
- Brief account of Gorbachev's long road to becoming a dissident who is ignored at home.
- Uproar after Medvedev retweets an insult directed at a jailed activist.
- Seven easy steps to understand how the Euromess developed and who deserves a bigger share of the blame.
- The art market is roaring; still, why is art so damned expensive?
- Filming of Cloud Atlas—financed by international backers and filmed by two crews—shows way forward for 21st-century moviemaking.
- U.S. and Canada sign biggest border deal since NAFTA.
- Bachmann believes half of Mexico lives in the U.S and every immigrant should be publicly humiliated.
- The image of the year is one you may never have the opportunity to see.
- If you can't believe 2011 is already over, you weren't paying attention: Buzzfeed's most powerful images.
- 2011's top photography websites.
- Massoud Hossaini, whose picture was on the cover of yesterday's Times, explains why it made him cry.
- Lindsay Vonn wins record fourth straight Alpine World Cup race and celebrates by "Tebowing."
- Chilean communists to exhume Neruda's body to see if Pinochet poisoned him.
- Snow Falling on Cedars author wins Bad Sex in Fiction award.