November 3, 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Papandreou says he's ready to kill the referendum idea on Greece's eurozone bailout deal.
- Other species on Earth that exceed, equal, or approach the seven-billion mark.
- Bengalese finches' tweets tested for grammatical order.
- Kenya's message of peace, with thousands of troops on the ground, rings hollow to Somalis.
- "This weekend, at least, we get to turn time back an hour. That will have to be enough."
- Ian Frazier lists messages left by a golfing doctor.
- if Cutler continues to throw at his current rate, Bears fans can look forward to not only double-digit losses, but double-digit unemployment as well.
- Economy's future lies with System D, the thriving global black market worth $10 trillion.
- The Last Mortician: A comic.
- Leaked track finds Winehouse paired with Nas.
- Economist obit editor writes elegy for lost art of handwriting.
- Handwriting—once "as regulated and regular as the font menu in Microsoft Word"—is dead.
- Birnbaum chats with Anne Enright, 2007 Booker winner.
- These days, an increasing number of adults are discovering what teenagers have long known: Texting lends itself particularly well to some serious power plays.
- Head-to-toe lyrcra suits—or zentai—is apparently a "thing."
