News Highlights
#NYPD IS RAIDING LIBERTY SQUARE:Eviction of #OccupyWallStreet #LibertySquare Underway
Link Repaired: Temblor shakes quake-stricken eastern Turkey. Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- A 5.2-magnitude temblor shook the earthquake stricken eastern Turkish region of Van shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
Link Repaired: 200 protesters arrested as police clear New York camp. NEW YORK — Hours after police officers descended on Zuccotti Park in a surprise sweep of the Occupy Wall Street headquarters, protesters were locked in a standoff Tuesday morning with police over a court order that would allow them to return with their tents.
AMERICAS
Venezuelans rally to show support for Hugo Chavez
Nicaragua: FSLN-led Alianza Nicaragua Triunfa wins; Daniel Ortega re-elected in landslide (+ audio interview)
AFRICA
The National Development Plan: A Low Carbon Vision Steeped in Contradiction
Blair’s Africa charity bids for share of £8bn foreign aid budget
HEALTH/MEDICAL
Infographic: The dangers of "fruit" drinks, and the marketing schemes behind the beverage companies who are selling them.
Why Running Shoes Do More Harm Than Good
New Way to Target #8211; And Kill – Proliferating Tumors
Girls with Family History of Breast Disease Should Avoid Alcohol
Wake Forest Baptist Offers Healthy Tips on Teeth Whitening
Lose the Fat and Improve the Gums. Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which trigger inflammation, disappear.
Rick Perry’s Tip–of–the–Tongue Gaffe: A Linguist Says It's About Word Frequency, Proper Names and Romney’s Attempt to Help.
Future Obesity May be Predicted at 3.5 Years of Age
Aspartame has been Renamed and is Now Being Marketed as a Natural Sweetener
U.S.
Another (Four Now?) Honest Judge?! in [Market-Ticker]
Woman Shows Court Order to NYPD, Gets Punched in Face. #occuppywallstreet
U5 colleges slashing tuition. As colleges across the country become increasingly pricey, these five schools are cutting tuition and fees by more than 10% -- and, in one case, by as much as 60%.
Crisis of generations – younger Americans moving back home in large numbers.
Retirees Trade Work for Rent at Cash–Poor Parks
CANADA
B.C. water quality stagnates as rural areas earn C+ testing
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
China state media slam Obama over currency remarks
China: Google Earth spots huge, unidentified structures in Gobi desert. Vast, unidentified, structures have been spotted by satellites in the barren Gobi desert, raising questions about what China might be building in a region it uses for its military, space and nuclear programmes.
Obama to China: Behave like a "grown up". President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the United States was fed up with China’s trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America’s biggest economic rival.
MARKETS/BUSINESS
JPMorgan To Issue CMBS Backed By... Defaulted Loans
Warren Buffett Makes His Biggest Bet On The Tech Sector Yet
Lossmaking UniCredit seeks $10.3 billion, axes 6,150 jobs
Unemployment During the Great Depression Has Been Overstated and Current Unemployment Understated.
Sc/Environment
SURVIVE LANDING PAGE. Everyone from the CorpGov CEO in his private jet to the bum on the street has one thing in common: They both need food to eat, clothing to keep warm and able to be in public, and a shelter to keep out of the elements. But,…
Smart Meters & WR~ Christine Carleton
TECH
Google offers rare peek into Web searches
Homeland Security Wants Mozilla to Pull “Domain Seizure” Add-On
