A new era dawns

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(From Levine to Stay at Met Until at Least 2013 (AP/Yahoo), with apologies to Gawker.)

On a more serious note, Justin Davidson has a comprehensive prospectus of the coming Gelb era. You can read about Berlin's legendary singing Osama bin Laden here.