Friday Linkage

Blustery here, but warm. Guess I shouldn't bitch.

Unemployed place their bets on casino jobs

Bush's living legacy at Bagram prison

Countdown to NASA search for Earth-like planets

Nevada Governor Plans to Decline Some Stimulus Money

CNN: White House meets aid groups over Darfur Officials of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration have met with non-governmental organizations currently operating in Darfur, after the Sudanese president announced all aid groups must leave the country.

Former spies upset over CIA inquiry

Police see hike in Canada drug violence

Is Drug Company Money Tainting Medical Education?

Why love handles can make it hard to breathe

CS Monitor: Why 10,000 Ugandans are eagerly serving in Iraq
Under a relentless equatorial sun and the gaze of her Zimbabwean instructor, Juliet Kituye quickly reassembles her AK-47. Next to her, a young man in a ripped red T-shirt discharges imaginary rounds at an invisible target.