Thursday Links

I slept 10 hours last night and it felt wonderful.

New Jobless Claims Drop To 623K

Pacific tsunami watch as massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Honduras

Swedish teen tackles centuries-old numbers challenge

Cancer death rate dropped nearly 20 percent in 15 years

Washington Post: U.S. Weighs Single Agency to Regulate Banking Industry Senior administration officials are considering the creation of a single agency to regulate the banking industry, replacing a patchwork of agencies that failed to prevent banks from falling into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, sources said.

Seven police officers hospitalised after farmer facing eviction kills himself with poison gas tablets

Green tea chemical may help treat leukemia

EU sees wide discrimination against Muslims

People spend 8 days a year in the bathroom

Washington Post: Review of Government Secrecy Ordered
President Obama directed his national security adviser and senior Cabinet officials yesterday to examine whether the government keeps too much information secret.