Tuesday Linkage

The mockingbird thing is kinda creepy. More coffee now.

Baby Population Dropped Before Recession

Yew must be kidding: Tree with a canopy the width of Royal Albert Hall goes into the record books

Mockingbirds watch us and know us

Washington Post: U.S. to Expand Immigration Checks to All Local Jails The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails. In four years, the measure could result in a tenfold increase in illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and identified for deportation, current and former U.S. officials said.

Woman Takes Brother's Health Care Fight to Twitter

Too much cola zaps muscle power

How about cooking Iraqi?

NYT: Senator Seeks Data on Doctor Accused by Army of Falsifying a Product Study A top Republican lawmaker has opened an inquiry into a former Walter Reed Army Medical Center doctor whom the Army has accused of falsifying a medical study involving a product made by Medtronic, a company for whom he works as a paid consultant.