ECONOMY: Signs of 'Doble Dip' ecession

Meredith Whitney: 'Increasing Signs' Of A Possible Double-Dip Recession

OPED: The Tea Party’s War on America - NYTimes.com

The Tea Party’s War on America - NYTimes.com

SOCIETY: 8 ways to Quell Resistance in the young

8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance - NewsTrust.net

PHYSICS: Space is curved - Thanks Einstein!

What Do You Mean, the Universe Is Flat? Part II: In Which We Actually Answer the Question | Degrees of Freedom, Scientific American Blog Network

TECHNOLOGY: Progress slowing - End of Moore's Law coming?

Progress hits snag with transistors overheating, as ever more transistors are added to chips

EDUCATION: PA School cheating

In Pennsylvania, Suspicious Erasing on State Exams at 89 Schools - NYTimes.com

DEBT CEILING: Good for country or good for Obama?

Did Obama capitulate — or is this a cagey move? - NewsTrust.net

EDUCATION: Can reading be changed from, "necessary evil," to pure pleasure?

We Can't Teach Students to Love Reading - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

CRIME: Faked IDs beat inspection

Latest counterfeit IDs are so good they’re dangerous - The Washington Post

DEBT CEILING: wHAT IF? 5 DAYS AND COUNTING!

The US debt ceiling: What if the talks fail? | The Economist

GOVERNING: Unstoppable Force (Obama) Meets Immovable Object (Republicans)

Debt talks show breakdown in governing - The Washington Post

DEBT CEILING 11 Days and Counting

Lawmakers Renew Push to Reach Deal on Cutting Deficit - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Debt Explained

Five truths about the deficit and the national debt - The Washington Post

COGNITION: Internet replacing memory pro/con

Piece of Mind: Is the Internet Replacing Our Ability to Remember?: Scientific American

NEUROSCIENCE: Debt Crisis, Distrust, and game theory

The Neuroscience of the Debt Debate, or Why Cooperation Takes a Backseat to Mistrust: Scientific American

POLITICS: Bachmann Husband gay, say rumors

Bachmann Rumor Grows Louder

ECONOMY: The Consumer spending bust

How the Bursting of the Consumer Bubble Continues to Hold the Economy Back - NYTimes.com

CRIME: Bath Salts - a new, dangerous drug

An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States - NYTimes.com

UNEMPLOYMENT: Silicon Valley v. The rest of America

A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America - The Washington Post

ECONOMY: The silent credit killers

Little-known firms tracking data used in credit scores - The Washington Post