Thursday - December 11, 2008 - Joe the Plumber Turns on McCain, Saxena aks "End of the World", Speed Pills Cure for Meth and Coke Addiciton?

Graves at Florida reform school 'hold secret of decades of abuse'

Deflation in the USA

German, Britons, American caught in Thai child ring sex raids

Secretary of Defense Gates says three more combat ready brigades will be sent to Afghanistan by next Summer

Layoffs: Office Depot to close 112 stores, and cut loose 2200 employees

Australian police arrest 19 men in global chld porn web

Fleckenstein: Why China will recover first

In other cultures, are charred monkey carcasses sort of like what beef jerky is to us?

Gold above $800 an ounce again

Puru Saxena: "End of the World?" shows a startling graph which points out 2008's drop is larger than 1929's. Still, Saxena is turning bullish. Good read for investors.

10 clues a new bubble is blowing

Joe the Plumber "appalled" by John McCain support of bailout

A 73 year old man makes his college's varsity basketball squad!

Obama’s Effort on Ethics Bill Had Role in Governor’s Fall

Moral hazard: Some owners may intentionally fall behind on payments so as to qualify for cheaper loans

Before and after shots of crystal meth addicts

Can amphetamines help cure cocaine and crystal meth addiction?

Short review of Smile Maker book "How to Talk to Girls" written by a nine year old boy

Time Magazine asks "Are Credit Unions in Trouble?"

Another MUST READ: "Eight Really, Really Scary Predictions"

Freight haulers prepare for nuclear winter

"A Senate Seat on eBay"

Jack in the Box junior bacon cheeseburger is ranked as 'the most unhealthful' value item available among the offerings of national fast-food chains, according to the Cancer Project.

The conversion of downtown LA condos which have been on the market too long into rentals

This 8,000 year-old giraffe rock carving in DaBous, Niger is considered one of the finest petroglyphs in the world. The giraffe has a leash on its nose implying some level of taming the animals. It was found relatively recently on the top of a granite hill by local Touaregs and dates to the Kiffian era of 7,000 - 9,000 years ago. (© Mike Hettwer) #11 out of 17 amazing photos

Alan Taylor of The Big Picture Blog shares a series of photos depicting the Sahara Desert (when it was grasslands and woods) through paleontology

Slowdown in China's exports and imports means country enters a new and more serious phase

Frugal Japanese begin to live even lower below their means

Pakistan may outlaw Muslim group, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, responsible for Mumbai attacks

Obama: "I'll reboot America's image" among the world's Muslims

Obama picks Nobel Prize winner as Dept. of Energy head

Mumbai's only living militant attacker to appear before judge tomorrow

Hubble telescope picks out CO2 in the atmosphere of extrasolar planet