Thursday Linkage

I just sneezed 16 times in a row. What fun.

Britain Ends Combat Operations In Iraq

Life on other planets? You bet, says SETI pioneer

Survey: Swedish men becoming less manly

Swedish court rejects Orgasm Church

USA Today: Justice Kennedy questions need for voting rights rule
The Supreme Court justice who could cast the deciding vote on federal oversight of election law in states with a history of discrimination questioned the need for a core provision of the law during vigorous arguments Wednesday.

The dinosaur that survived the great meteor strike and lived for another 500,000 years

Invisibility cloak edges closer

Father delivers baby son after watching YouTube childbirth clips

My Dad Is Zodiac Killer, Daughter Reveals

Chicago-Tribune: Victims of economy: 250,000 more forced into poverty in Chicago area, report says The economic downturn will push another 250,000 Chicago-area residents into poverty, according to a report released Thursday by the Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty.

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