Chimp Escapes Las Vegas Backyard-Again Associated Press (Joe Costello)

Parting Is Such Sweet Revenge New York Times

A Patent for What? Bloomberg

Olympic stars urge hunger action BBC

Male Athlete Dies In New York City’s Ironman Triathlon Debut Bloomberg. :-(

Lead shields masked radiation readings up to 30% Asahi Shimbun (Lambert)

Waste Issue Halts U.S. Nuclear Reactor Licensing Nation of Change (furzy mouse)

The Search for Energy Takes a Turn Underwater New York Times (furzy mouse)

New Groundwater Study Exposes Deep Folly of Fracking Common Dreams (Aquifer)

More On The Media’s Gun Polling Fallacy Media Matters. This is a textbook example of a well-known issue in survey research: how you phrase the question has a huge impact on answers.

Virus Seeking Bank Data Is Tied to Attack on Iran NYT Bits Blog (furzy mouse)

What makes our NDAA lawsuit a struggle to save the US constitution Guardian (Lambert)

US Attorneys Refuse to Assure Judge That They Are Not Already Detaining Citizens Under NDAA Daily Cloud (Aquifer)

Ryan consternation:

Paul Ryan: Murderer of Opportunity, Political Coward, Candidate for Vice President of the United States Charles Pierce, Esquire

Romney slips up by introducing Ryan as ‘next president’ BBC (ohmyheck). Who knows, maybe Romney got the “American Beauty” memo.

Despicable Me – Starring Paul Ryan Zach Wisniewski

Thoughts on the Paul Ryan VP Selection Dave Dayen (Lambert)

Mitt Romney acquires risky asset in Paul Ryan for VP Guardian

Billboards Feature Suit-Clad Dummies in Nooses: “Hope You’re Happy Wall St.,” “Dying for Work” Alternet. Oooh, I LIKE this! Some stealthy individual or group doing pointed messaging!

Ambiguity in Health Law Could Make Family Coverage Too Costly for Many New York Times

Laugh out Loud: The Vixen Index (and other recession indicators) Investment Postcards (Chuck L)

What Will We Do Without Wells Fargo? Preston Howard

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