May 15, 2012: Afternoon
- Germany's growth helps the eurozone barely avoid returning to recession.
- Hollande to dine with Merkel in Berlin on his swearing-in day.
- Part two of "Our French Connection" heads to Kentucky's Paris and Versailles.
- Related: New excerpt available from Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down.
- Nine days after an inconclusive vote, Greece tries again to form a government.
- In the May 6 election, more than half of Greece's police officers voted for the Neo-Nazi party.
- Portraits of Civil War re-enactors.
- Pictures of and appreciation for "the most beautiful corn in the world."
- Reprint of Hemingway's 1923 reports for the Toronto Star about his first bullfights.
- Profile of comedian Patrice O'Neal, comic that other comics feared.
- Chart of every Yahoo CEO's tenure against the starting and ending stock price.
- The myth of Chinese meritocracy, in which many senior officials flaunt fraudulent credentials.
- Note: Dr. Hedgeh would like you to stop tacking letters onto the end of his name.
- Belle du Jour, now known by her real name, gives tips on how to blog anonymously.
- British birds made of Lego.