* "Awkward defense from Maine's cringeworthy governor:"

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* "Snakebite antidote is running out:" http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34176581Read more... )

* The U S Embassy in Cuba opened yesterday.

* "MHP: Walker, not Trump, is 'most outrageous candidate':"

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* My thoughts are with the people of England, on this the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on British soil ( Read more... )

* "From graduation to garbage job (literally): One twentysomething's struggle:" http://fusion.net/story/130880/from-graduation-to-garbage-job-literally-one-twentysomethings-struggle/Read more... )

* "Senate Commerce Names Subcommittee Chairs: Ted Cruz for NASA, Marco Rubio for NOAA:" http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/senate-commerce-names-subcommittee-chairs-ted-cruz-for-nasa-marco-rubio-for- ( Read more... )

* 589 are confirmed dead and a couple thousand wounded in a catastrophic earthquake in Yunnan two weeks ago. Numbers keep rising as a lot of mountain villages were completely cut off, so the scale of damage is still being discovered. The disaster is being made worse by the rain and well meaning volunteers clogging roadways, making it hard for AID ( Read more... )

* 97 people are now confirmed dead from the storms in Mexico ( Read more... )

* The US is withdrawing all citizens and embassy staff from Yemen ( Read more... )

* A big complicated discussion of realistic sex ed vs. the damage abstinence only does to teens, the rape of young teens, teenage sexuality generally, and how to respond to creepy media depictions of sex and relationships starts here: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/ ( Read more... )