* Planned Parenthood receives nearly $700K in donations after losing Komen funding. * Today Komen announced it will continue funding Planned Parenthood. * Girl Scout cookies politicized after members boycott the organization for accepting a transgendered scout. * Stop saying our wars are over, Mr. President. They’re not. * Mitt Romney falls into the
Like a lot of people this Sunday, I’ll be choosing sides in a contest whose outcome is going to be disappointing. The team I’m rooting for (the 2007 Green Bay Packers) can’t win. This is a replay of one of my least favorite Super Bowls in recent
* Protesters fight with security forces for a second day in Cairo over soccer deaths and slow reforms. * Chart: Facebook is currently bigger than the U.S., smaller than India. * Many economists believe the worst is yet to come; only fringe predictors say corporations will begin spending again soon. * First UK
* Egypt soccer tragedy claims 73 lives; security forces blamed after they disappeared when attacks began. * We're a little late to this, but still: Julian Assange to host show on Kremlin TV. * Stem-cell researchers transform skin cells into brain cells. * Pros and cons of Moon Base Gingrich—residents
* Headlines say Obama is on the rebound, but maybe someone should tell swing voters in up-for-grabs states. * Images of the "Great Successor," Kim Jong Un, looking at things. * Billions and millions expected for employees and friends of Facebook. * Q&A on why the nation'
* Pakistan's foreign minister denies links to the Taliban as reported in a leaked secret Nato report. * Elections for the head of the African Union end in stalemate. * Nature of memory shows that taking notes is a good idea, and we never truly forget an old phone number. * Itemized
Here’s the final panel in a webcomic-in-progress from Sam Brown of Explodingdog.
* Romney's win in Florida cost him and his Super PAC $19.94 per vote. * I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one. * How far can you go from Trafalgar Square without crossing a road or going over the same place
* Diplomats battle (against Russia) to demand Assad's resignation. * Now's the time to reread Vogue's fluff profile of Assad's wife and family. * Eurozone unemployment ends 2011 at 10.4%, up 751,000 from 2010. * Hungary growing weary of ties to the EU and
You wanted it. You were willing to give up BBC dramas for it. Now it’s time to readjust to the working life. Welcome back.
