Friday Links

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New human species claim fuels ancestry debate

Men With Meat Names

Japanese people have special seaweed-digesting bacteria in their guts

Hartford Courant: Gadsden Flag Will Not Be Flown Over State Capitol Tea Party activists won't be permitted to fly the Gadsden Flag over the state Capitol after all. State Capitol police today reversed an earlier decision to allow the bright yellow "Don't Tread On Me" banner to flutter from the highly visible flagpole after learning that activists had planned a political rally following the flag-raising ceremony. But Tea Party activists said today they plan to go ahead with the flag-raising – they plan to bring their own flagpole.Tea Party activists view the flag as a historic symbol of American defiance, but critics say the familiar flag with the image of a coiled rattlesnake is now associated with the controversial political movement.

Facebook and Electoral Commission launch voter push

Gingrich: Obama is 'most radical president ever'

Crop Circles, Part Deux: Alien Glyphs, Human Myths, Blogging Bliss

CNNMoney: 33 states out of money to fund jobless benefits With unemployment still at a severe high, a majority of states have drained their jobless benefit funds, forcing them to borrow billions from the federal government to help out-of-work Americans. A total of 33 states and the Virgin Islands have depleted their funds and borrowed more than $38.7 billion to provide a safety net, according to a report released Thursday by the National Employment Law Project. Four others are at the brink of insolvency.