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Long commutes cause obesity, neck pain, loneliness,divorce, stress, and insomnia (Rebecca Martin, Sweden Today)

Does Ann Arbor care more about public art than public safety? View the poll. (Paula Gardener, annarbor.com)

I've never understood the point of a "scout rifle" myself. (KenK, ROAWS blog)

Ruger Scout Rifle

Ruger's new offering seems to fit Jeff Cooper's criteria. But ah...you can just as easily obtain a rifle that does everything the Ruger scout rifle does at a Internet-based gun auction or a local gun show for a lot less money. The only real advantage the Ruger seems to offer over a used but still quite serviceable mil-surplus Lee-Enfield,  Springfield 1903, Mosin-Nagant or any of the numerous kinds of Mauser-type service rifles is that it comes in the relatively cheap and plentiful .308 Winchester caliber.

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Behavioral clues that someone is carrying a concealed handgun - BoingBoing

Two galaxies locked in gravitational combat - Astronomy Pic of the Day

Your Post-Apocalyptic Future: Container Trucks Recycled Into Mobile Homes - Gizmodo
Interesting, but ah...why go through all that? Wouldn't using conventional mobile homes, Winnebagos and travel trailers which are already set up to be mobile living units be a better option? Seems so to me.

Sabotage or terrorism? - LA Times

Police cars, city vehicles found torched & booby-trapped in Hemet, California. Attacking property or trying to kill?

Consciousness is one of neuroscience's long-standing mysteries - New Scientist
In First Successful Human Trial, Nanotech Robots Deploy Cancer-Fighting RNA - Popular Science

Okay, now lets see if it works.

It would be a wonderful world if everyone had friends like this - SF Chronicle

Medical marijuana clinics being robbed and attacked reveals the problem with the current "legal but...vs. illegal, period" status of cannabis. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer