interesting things
President Obama’s average lead in our top 10 “tipping point” states is larger than his average lead in national polls.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/state-and-national-polls-tell-different-tales-about-state-of-campaign/
Government officials are sticking with their official death toll of 37 after rainstorms pounded Beijing over the weekend, but many in the capital are expecting the actual number of deaths to be much higher.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/a-flood-of-anger-follows-deadly-rains-in-beijing/
WikiLeaks said Tuesday that it had hired the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón to lead the legal team representing the site and its founder, Julian Assange.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/world/europe/britain-wikileaks-hires-judge-to-defend-embattled-founder.html
What are the odds that David Beckham will light the Olympic flame? That rain will fall every day? That Tokyo will host the 2020 Games? In Britain, you can bet on all of those questions and more.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/care-to-bet-on-that-for-olympics-you-can/
The intensity and sweep of the F.D.A.’s efforts to spy on the communications of whistle-blowing employees suspected of leaking trade secrets to outsiders were astonishing.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/opinion/the-spy-hunt-for-whistle-blowers.html
Unhindered by federal background checks or government oversight, the 24-year-old man accused of killing a dozen people inside a Colorado movie theater gathered what the police called a 6,000-round arsenal legally and easily.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/us/online-ammunition-sales-highlighted-by-aurora-shootings.html
The Justice Department is expected to file criminal charges against at least one big bank in connection with the interest-rate manipulation scandal. This is welcome news.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/opinion/a-week-in-the-life-of-libor.html
Absent from statewide office, the California party, once a symbol of Republican hope and geographical reach, has fallen back even as conservatives have prospered elsewhere.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/us/politics/california-republicans-seek-a-turnaround.html
Venture capitalists are hiring full-time public relations experts to tell bloggers and reporters of their investing prowess.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/business/venture-capital-firms-once-discreet-learn-the-promotional-game.html
A federal judge said that Muslims who have been waiting for months to get a permit should be allowed to worship at their new center in time for Ramadan.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/us/judge-allows-muslims-to-use-murfreesboro-mosque.html