Wednesday Headline Linkage

Morning folks!! Beautiful summer morning here, crisp and sunny. Making the coffee and reading the headlines. Hope you find something interesting here.

Use poo, farmers urged

Navy in area before dolphins died

Austria Incest Victim Reunited With Family

'Framing a Century': Photography from 1840-1940

USA Today: Dems reluctant to take on 'don't ask, don't tell' Democrats say the nation should be ashamed of its ban on gays serving openly in the military. It discourages qualified people from joining the ranks at a time when the armed forces are stretched by two wars, they say, and is degrading to those willing to serve their country. So what have the Democrats done about it? Nothing, really.

Former NBA ref claims a 2002 playoff game was fixed

Toyota Promises Plug-In Hybrid By 2010

Surgery Gives Muslim Women Illusion Of Virginity

WSJ: Republicans Gird for Big Losses in Congress
Republicans are bracing for double-digit losses in the House and the prospect of four or five losses in the Senate, as they fight to hold a wide range of districts and states normally seen as safe for them, from Alaska and Colorado to Mississippi and North Carolina.

Scottish Play Gets Polish Makeover

Bright Lights May Hold Off Dementia

Pakistan condemns "cowardly" U.S. attack; 11 dead

A-List Celebs Rallying Round Obama The Politico reports Sen. Barack Obama's "go-to Hollywood hottie is Scarlett Johansson, a starlet who trades frequent e-mails with the presumptive Democratic nominee, campaigns tirelessly on his behalf, hosts lucrative fundraisers and even appeared in that 'Yes We Can' viral video that got 10 million views in its first week online." Johansson is "not alone. Jessica Alba is for Obama. So are Ryan Phillippe, John Legend, Anthony Kiedis, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh and countless others." Meanwhile, The Hill reports this morning that Jennifer Lopez "slipped into the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday afternoon for a mysterious meeting inside" Obama's office. Lopez "surprised staffers when she was spotted walking through the Hart atrium and taking the elevator to Obama's seventh-floor office." Rumors "circulated that Lopez may be writing Obama a song."

Pic via Cat of course.