Monday Linkage

Where's Keith? They just said on MJ that Howard Dean is going to be hosting 2 nights this week. Hasn't he been gone for like 3 weeks already? Hmmm.

Earth bears scars of human destruction: astronaut

Dillinger derringer draws $95K at Texas auction

Election Day '08, happiest day in 4 years

Prisoners serving life sentences at record high, report finds

New York Times: Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country It was one year ago that the environmental scientist showed up at Fred Slowman’s door, deep in the heart of Navajo country, and warned that it was unsafe for him to stay there.

'Over-playful' wild dolphin refuses to allow exhausted woman swimmer back to shore

US SNOOPING RIGHTS IN EUROPE- Criticism Grows over Banking Data Deal

Coca-Cola trials sweet, fizzy, milky 'vibrancy' drink in New York

Study: HBO leads on TV in showing gay characters

LA Times: Boom in hydropower pits fish against climate
The Rocky Reach Dam has straddled the wide, slow Columbia River since the 1950s. It generates enough electricity to supply homes and industries across Washington and Oregon.