February 23, 2012: Afternoon
- Afghan Koran protests spread and rage; Taliban urges attacks.
- China, Russia, Iran—though not Hamas—all reaffirm support for Syria.
- Civil rights activist defends The Help as this year's "most outstanding and socially relevant motion picture."
- Website connects flying families in need with registered babysitters on the same plane.
- Author behind French parenting book asked Marie Claire to bury story about giving her husband a threesome for his 40th birthday.
- WHO advocates mass adult male circumcision in Africa to beat HIV.
- Confessions of the world's worst sperm donor.
- Say no to frack.
- How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion.
- There's a drive among Mormons to share an image of domestic bliss—and Pinterest is the perfect packaging vehicle.
- In case you were curious what exactly "http://" really stands for (not really).
- Largest-ever picture of the night sky composed of 37,000 separate photographs.
- Images of turn-of-the-19th-century Bombay.
- Ten seconds selected from every Top-100 song since 1959.
- 1947 Sporting News sketches of America's ballparks, by Gene Mack.