Links for you. Science:
Congress Critters enlist the taxpayers in the war on NSF funded science
Another reason to avoid visiting Answers in Genesis
Polluted Air Increases Obesity Risk in Young Animals: Exposure to polluted air early in life led to an accumulation of abdominal fat and insulin resistance in mice even if they ate a normal diet, according to new research.
Citizens Against Peer Review
Eric Cantor Wants Our Grandmas to Decide Science Funding
Other:
Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Credit Cards in Real Time
No Free Parking
Web bug reveals browsing history: Porn sites are among the top users of a browser bug that reveals all the places people go online, finds research. (I'm surprised this is news; I once wound up talking to someone who, for a brief period, was the webmaster for a porn web portal, and this was the entire raison d'être for these sites)
PZ just wrote something on that last one -- apparently the Discovery Institute uses the browser bug as well!