Links for you. Science:
Why I don't debate creationists anymore, part whatever
Science is not dead (Superb treatment of the decline effect)
The science vs. creationism debate exemplified on a facebook page
Other:
Massachusetts Sets Targets to Slash Carbon Emissions
Most Minimum Wage Earners Can't Afford Necessities of Life
New York Provides A Snowy Glimpse Into America's Future
Pollster Reveal: Few Candidates Saw Deficit Reduction As A Major Issue (It's jobs. Someone's been saying that for a while now...)
Suicides in India Revealing How Men Made a Mess of Microcredit (this is worse than Big Shitpile in some ways, in that people here aren't lighting themselves on fire over this)
Corporate America lowers the unemployment rate ... in Asia
Dean Baker has a dream
How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010