Wednesday Links

I love it when my day starts upside down.

Space object to narrowly miss Earth

Mango stops colon, breast cancer cells

Body art and deviant behavior: Study finds link between multiple tattoos, piercings and trouble

Recaptured: The convict who taunted police on Facebook during FOUR months on the run

New York Times: Race Assumes Central Role in New Orleans Vote The balance of power between blacks and whites in New Orleans has been an issue for decades, a back-and-forth that has only intensified since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, now that every election is a referendum on the future of the city. But a recent decision by a black candidate to drop out of the 2010 mayor’s race has made the possibility of a white man in the city’s most powerful office startlingly real.

Cash-short North Korea opens up to U.S. tourists

Have Nasa scientists found 'trees' on Mars?

Oops: Cook County Democrats forget Jimmy Carter in new ad

Strom Thurmond's son considering congressional bid in S.C.

Los Angeles Times: Senate race to unseat Boxer takes unexpected turn The race to unseat U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is growing increasingly volatile: The presumed Republican front-runner's fundraising is anemic, the underdog is attracting the party's most passionate voters, and a third major GOP politician is pondering whether to leap into the contest.