Tuesday Linkage

The projected temps for the upcoming week in my daily email keep on going up and up and up! Yeah SPRING!!

Scuba smuggler spotted in sewer

Discovery of 60,000-year-old etchings on ostrich eggs could be earliest form of writing

Building a better hot dog

Wall Street Journal: Deal Near on Banking Rules
Key senators were close to a deal on legislation to overhaul financial regulations, people familiar with the matter said, bringing the U.S. a step closer to sweeping changes to the way banks interact with consumers and the markets alike.

Residents stunned as hundreds of fish fall out of the sky over remote Australian desert town

Nose scanning techniques could sniff out criminals

Architectural fan-drawings of classic sitcom houses

Politico: Rahm Emanuel and Lindsey Graham: D.C.'s odd couple At a time when voters are clamoring for bipartisan cooperation in Washington, this unlikely pairing of White House chief of staff and Southern senator represents one of the highest-level conduits between the polarized political parties. Graham has had more in-person meetings with Emanuel than any other Republican lawmaker, roughly eight or 10 since Obama took office, aides said. The two men also talk regularly by phone.