Tuesday Linkage

Gosh, someone really important was captured last night and not a peep about it on the big MJ show this am. Double standard or just oopsie?

Bald eagle Cyrano has shattered beak repaired in world's first operation using a human tooth filling

New Tokyo mental health clinic interior filled with optical illusions

Varieties of cheese on verge of extinction

Bacon in a can for victory!

Los Angeles Times: Banks step up spending on lobbying to fight proposed stiffer regulations
Even as the financial industry has sought to keep a low public profile, some of the country's largest banks have ramped up their spending on lobbying to fight off some of the stiffest regulatory proposals pending in Congress.

Vatican putting wartime archives on Internet

Guinea pig touted as solution to Congo food crisis

Say it with bug cakes: "I larvae you."

Secrets of Egypt's most famous boy-king Tutankhamun set to be unveiled

USA Today: States going online to sell surplus property
States looking to unload surplus property used to do little more than take out an advertisement in the local newspaper, hang an "Open" sign at a warehouse and set up a cash register. Not anymore. This spring, Vermont will begin selling its surplus goods on eBay, the online auction site. The goal is to attract more bidders and bring in more revenue to state coffers, says Mark Casey, the state's Surplus Property Programs assistant.