July 22, 2011: Morning
- A sewage treatment plant catches fire in New York, mIllions of gallons of untreated sewage flow into the city's rivers.
- More than 1% of all U.S. high temperature records were broken during yesterday's heat.
- Can the grid handle a heat wave of this magnitude?
- With agriculture booming in California, so are ag crimes, thieving everything from fuel to bees.
- Frustratingly secretive to those in line, the group that recommends stamps to the U.S. postal service has a three-year wait.
- With a year to go until the torch reaches London, the Royal Mail introduces Olympic countdown stamps.
- Unceremoniously discarded caddies have caused little uproar in the past--but Tiger's former partner has more to dish about.
- Op: Bachmann's migraines shouldn't disqualify her in any way, though how she deals with them should raise questions.
- In Germany, Rudolf Hess's family agrees to raze his grave, fearing his memory provides too much fodder for far-right movements.
- FBI indicts man for downloading four million articles from academic journals, which have no interest in pursuing the case.
- Monkeys in British zoo spotted making pedicure tools--they may be bored out of their minds.
- Use of European swine flu vaccine restricted after it's discovered to cause narcolepsy in young people.