Happy Links

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Iraqis say ex-U.S. soldier should be put to death

The'Jigsaw Kid' who has five spleens, a back-to-front liver and two left lungs

Contractors say Blackwater supplied forbidden guns

Wall Street Journal: Energy Groups Urge Faster U.S. Aid for Power, Pollution Projects The Obama administration is coming under pressure from energy companies to speed up decisions on more than $100 billion of loan guarantees for projects intended to boost the use of renewable power and reduce pollution.

Gurkha veterans allowed to stay in Britain

Designer jeans seem recession-proof

Bush: It's 'Liberating' To Be Out Of Office

Wall Street Journal: Texas Mayor Trades Job for Romance in Mexico J.W. Lown, the mayor of San Angelo in West Texas, recently narrated a video touting his town as a great place to live. Then he left to pursue another passion. Mr. Lown resigned this week — less than a month after winning a fourth two-year term in a landslide — saying he was leaving to carry on a relationship with a Mexican man who had been living illegally in the U.S.