Friday Links

Grumble, grumble.

Costs for individual health care plans soar

Navy may use dolphins to guard base

GM Unit Saab Files for Protection From Creditors

Doctors one step closer to peanut allergy cure

International Herald Tribune: Newly poor swell lines at U.S. food banks Once a crutch for the most needy, food pantries have responded to the deepening recession by opening their doors to what one pantry organizer described as "the next layer of people," a rapidly expanding group of child-care workers, nurse's aides, real estate agents and secretaries who are facing a financial crisis for the first time.

Cornish, Manx and Irish just three of 2,500 languages facing extinction, say UN

Kyrgyz president signs base closure bill

Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet

Zoo Hopes To Turn Poop Into Power

Washington Post: Initiative Takes Aim At Obesity In Children
A coalition of health groups and insurance companies yesterday unveiled an initiative, billed as the first of its kind, to help battle one of the nation's biggest health problems: childhood obesity.