Wednesday Links

Pfft, it's no biggie that there are 1500 people lined up in Grand Rapids waiting for dibs to meet Palin. I lived in GR for a while, and it's a huge nexus of the Fundie/Dutch Reformed/Churchie peoples. Just surprised there isn't more.

Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates

Comic books get no respect but they should

Operatic trills rise from Botswana bush

Scientology is a criminal organisation rife with beatings, abortion and fraud, claims Australian senator

CNN: Army suicides set another yearly record Suicides among soldiers this year have topped last year's record-breaking numbers, but Army officials maintain a recent trend downward could mean the service is making headway on its programs designed to reduce the problem, Army officials said Tuesday.

Tim Burton exhibit to open at NY's MoMA

'Shrek' raider told by police he should never have become an armed robber... because he's so ugly everybody would recognise him

Georgia town celebrates 70 years of 'Gone With The Wind'

Rare Crocs Found Hiding in Plain Sight

USA TODAY: Senators have tough questions for Holder Attorney General Eric Holder has said his decision to bring self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices to New York City to stand trial in civilian court was the "toughest" call in his short tenure as the nation's top law enforcement officer.