Abraham Lincoln – Recent reports indicate the government hired an entity called the Lincoln Group to place pro-U.S. articles in Iraqi newspapers. Somewhere, Honest Abe is ashamed.
Coffee – Brain imaging data released this week show that caffeine improves short-term memory. Does this make coffee the academic equivalent of steroids?
Singapore – Asia’s harshest city-state executes an Australian for drug trafficking. No chewing gum, no heroin – no fun at all.