- BEST NEWS ALL WEEK: Fiscal Cliff Threatens 277,000 Federal Jobs
- The Size of the Federal Workforce - Fact File
- Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal: It Always Looked Like Cocaine to Her (must read)
- US Foodstamp Usage Rises To New Record High | ZeroHedge
- Gasparino: Big Banks Brace for Huge Settlement with SEC (another wrist slap)
- Court Delivers Big Win For Commodities Speculators
- Foreclosure mills in the clear; Florida closes cases with no fraud findings (wtf!)
- 90% of Scots 'living off state's patronage' - Telegraph
- Nobel Prize-winning stem cell research holds dramatic potential
- Afghan families turn to growing Marijuana | The Raw Story
- S.C. high school lineman dies shortly after collapsing on field making a tackle