Thursday links for thee

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 20

DA says NY mortgage fraud had link to S&M club

Desperate Car Owners Committing Insurance Fraud

Man gets 90 days in jail in vacuum sex act case

Bloomberg Op-Ed: Baum: Congress Could Learn a Thing or Two From Nascar Some people wear their hearts on their sleeve. Members of Congress should wear their sponsors on their chest.

Venezuela's free heating oil about to flow in Alaska villages

Clancy Candy, Chrissy's Crumpets.

Smellies, Balls on way out in UK name drain

Back to the future: Mercedes-Benz creates bizarre concept car that looks like a 19th century carriage

CNN: Fargo gets ready for possible evacuation City officials spent much of Wednesday working on a revised plan after the National Weather Service issued a foreboding forecast for the Red River: a 41-foot crest predicted to hit Saturday.