Thursday Links

Sigh, one of the first record albums I inherited from my sister was the Box Tops one with "The Letter" and "Cry Like a Baby" on it. RIP Alex Chilton.

Leprechaun bank robbers die in St Patrick's Day shoot-out

Happy Meal is ageless: no decay in a year on a shelf

Report questions exclusion of gays from some studies

Archaeologists discover wreck of HMS Prince which sank off Ukraine coast during Crimean War

IRS sends out two agents to collect $0.04 in back-taxes from car-wash

Washington Post: Democrats retain advantage among big donors even as total fundraising edge slips
Democrats are having a number of serious problems on the fundraising front, from unhappiness among Wall Street financiers to a narrowing gap with Republicans since the 2008 elections. But Democrats can still cling to one thing: They remain the kings of collecting money from big donors. The numbers add context to a debate in fundraising circles over whether wealthy donors might be giving less to the Democratic Party because of disputes over White House policies. A number of organizations, including The Post, have chronicled how Wall Street financiers and other patrons who backed Barack Obama in 2008 are either abandoning Democrats or, at the very least, giving less money than in the past. But the FEC data suggest plenty of wealthy donors continued to support Democrats with their checkbooks, at least through December.

Gov't orders recall of 1.2 million high chairs

The Blarney Stoned: Irish head shops seen as growing problem

Illegal-file sharing could 'cost billions' by 2015

Survey finds fewer workers arriving late for work

19th century manly slang

Washington Post: Historians speak out against proposed Texas textbook changes Historians on Tuesday criticized proposed revisions to the Texas social studies curriculum, saying that many of the changes are historically inaccurate and that they would affect textbooks and classrooms far beyond the state's borders.