Hopefully, I'm somewhere in New Orleans, and reasonably sober. Links for you. Science:
How KFC and the Tea Party Kill Tigers
Monkeys protect Indian government officials
Sending data to the cloud? Stick it in the post
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Grifters attract grifters...
Misleading advertising or something much worse?
The language they can understand
Should the next Commerce Secretary be part of the Koch machine?
A Country Without Libraries
Public health advocates pleased by smaller budget cuts
NATION PAYS STEEP PRICE FOR HIGH RATES OF UNINTENDED PREGNANCY
If Bachmann Can Run (and Vote)...
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