Blog Heap of Links for the day 24 June 2009

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Wars and Rumors

"If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all," the official Korean Central News Agency said.

3:04pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Sex can be Dangerous

South Carolina GOP Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday to an affair, and resigned his position as chair of the Republican Governor's Association following a strange week in which the governor dropped off the grid and could not be located. [What is WITH these idiots?]

2:58pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Threats

Chicom FlagChina has made its first big foray into Iraq in a C$8bn (£4.4bn) deal to buy London-listed oil explorer Addax Petroleum.

3:06pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Digital Threat

A New Jersey man described as an Internet radio talk show host and blogger was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill three U.S. Appeals Court judges in Chicago who earlier this month upheld a law banning handguns.

9:03pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Family Tragedy

…was defending her mother when she shot and killed 47-year-old…
3:38pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Big Nanny

RecycleComposting will prevent tons of material from going to the landfill, create healthy soil for our local farms and help us fight global warming. [HELLLPPPP!!!!! THE REAL COMPOST IS BIG NANNY GOVERNMENT!!!]

3:57pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Mass Murdering Monsters

[executed 1959 June 25] ...an American spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a road trip with his pubescent girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. He became a national fascination in the United States....

3:29pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Mass Madness

A bomb in a sprawling Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Baghdad killed at least 72 people and wounded more than 135 Wednesday, highlighting the danger that Iraq will slip back into violence after a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave its cities -- now less than a week away.

9:03pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW
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Feeding Ourselves

Among the legion of today's most popular diet regimens, the Mediterranean diet has become a poster child for healthy eating, garnering praise from nutrition experts and home gourmets alike. But while few would dispute the health benefits of such a diet, what is it about the Mediterranean menu that makes it so healthy?

9:06pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Spiritual Matters

A Connecticut church has outraged gay rights advocates by posting a video of members performing an apparent exorcism of a teen's "homosexual demons."
3:04pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Healing Ourselves

Earlier this week, ABCnews.com published an article outlining the top frustrations doctors experience with their patients. But there was another side to the coin. Our audience shot back with comments about the bad habits doctors had that they felt often led to wasted time and wasted money.

3:55pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Anthropology

A newfound vulture-bone flute is likely the world's oldest recognizable musical instrument, a new study says. The 40,000-year-old flute may add to evidence that music helped do in the Neanderthals.

9:04pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Big City Stories

The Sears Tower will undergo a $350 million green remodeling effort at the 110-story skyscraper, including wind turbines, green roofs and solar panels

9:06pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Transport Incident

Operators of an unauthorized New York airport van service that took five French tourists on a high speed chase in an attempt to evade police

9:04pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Iran

US FlagNo RSVPs from Iranian diplomats offered a chance to party down on July 4th with U.S. officials at embassies around the world means no more invitations.

3:59pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Sex -- always attractive

GREENSBORO -- A buck-a-day -- that's the incentive being offered to young girls to keep them from getting pregnant. Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

3:04pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Copy Rights

There's no doubt the film and TV industries need to find a way to protect their copyrighted programming on the Web. But the strategy unveiled Wednesday by Time Warner and Comcast falls short of the ideal solution.
3:44pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Only Natural

VolcanoA chance recording by astronauts on the International Space Station has captured the moment a volcano explosively erupted, sending massive shockwaves through the atmosphere.

3:07pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW

Solar System

SaturnHuge geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may be fed by a salty sea below its surface, boosting the odds of extraterrestrial life in our own Solar System

3:05pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW
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US Military

The Pentagon will create a Cyber Command to oversee the U.S. military's efforts to protect its computer networks and operate in cyberspace.... will be responsible for defending U.S. military systems but not other U.S. government or private networks...

3:05pm CDT Wed 2009 Jun 24 :MW