Tuesday Links

Still slow, still cold.

China introduces women-only car park... with extra wide spaces to cater for their 'special needs'

Latin America sees its first same-sex marriage

For sale on eBay: 'Eight unopened Christmas presents from my cheating boyfriend'

Chicago Sun-Times: GOP opponent claims front-runner Mark Kirk is gay in attack ad U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, the front-runner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate, finds himself the object of an unusual attack ad from one of his lesser-known opponents.

California Science Center is sued for canceling a film promoting intelligent design

Most cocaine diluted with unsafe livestock drug

U.S. laser weapons closer to deployment

Los Angeles Times: A White House intervention for bickering leaders of U.S. intelligence The White House this month issued a classified order to resolve mounting frictions between the nation's intelligence director and the CIA over issues including how the agency conducts covert operations, U.S. officials said. The intervention reflects simmering tension between the two most powerful players in the U.S. intelligence community: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair and CIA Director Leon E. Panetta.