A few stories in the news:
From the Washington Free Beacon, Air Force and Coast Guard aircraft will be used in an anti-terror exercise over the Washington, DC area.
From the Los Angeles Times, comedian and actor Phyllis Diller has died at age 95. The cause of her death has not yet been released.
From BBC News, for the first time in over 20 years, Somalia has a parliament.
From RedState, the International Longshoremen's Association is protesting against the US Marines for hiring a company that employs workers from a different union to transport transport cargo between Jacksonville, FL and Charleston, SC.
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld a Georgia state law allowing policemen to investigate the immigration status of certain suspects.
From Michigan Capitol Confidential, the Detroit water and sewage department does not have or use any horses, but they still employ a horseshoer.
From CBS Philly, scientists have discovered a "miracle molecule" in red wine, which helps to improve mobility in older adults. The compound, calls resveratrol, is also found in "dark-skinned fruits" such as blueberries.
From Fox News, President Obama is running against an outdated version of Congressman Paul Ryan's Medicare plan.
From Yahoo News, the Bank Of Canada apologies for allegedly racist bank notes.
From Weird Asia News, the world's oldest stash of marijuana has been found in China.
From BND, archaeologists studying the Cahokia Mounds in Illinois have discovered that the inhabitants of that site would drink a highly caffeinated beverage made from a variety of holly found on the gulf coast, hundreds of miles to the south. Full disclosure: I visited the Cahokia Mounds in 2000 on a tour arranged by the Archaeological Conservancy, the same organization that put on the tour I went on earlier this year. The Cahokia Mounds and some that I visited this past May were constructed by people of the Mississippian Culture.
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