Love xkcd. News Hamid Karzai agrees to a November 7 election run-off. Apparently, the Department of Defense is also against Al Franken’s anti-rape amendment … what?! Green Toyota unveils a larger hybrid, the “Sai.” Sports Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima opts out of his contract to head back to Japan. We’ll miss you, Joh! Miscellaneous Andrew …
News Hamid Karzai is stripped of his outright win in the Afghan elections. The US will not make any troop decisions until they’re sure they have a legitimate partner. Uruguay is implementing a "one laptop per student" in its state primary schools. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. John Kerry head up bipartisan climate change legislation. …
News A bomb hits the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan. The Nobel Prize in literature goes to Herta Mueller. Pew reports that one in four is Muslim. US legal pot growers cut into Mexican traffickers’ profits. Health care The President finds support from outside the party and outside the Beltway: Schwarzenegger, Thompson, Gephardt, Bloomberg, Dole. Nick …
Happy birthday, Barcode! Also, baseball playoffs start today–go Dodgers! News One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide has been arrested. Obama’s Afghanistan strategy will not involve withdrawing troops. He’s also pursuing urban renewal. Pasadena Chief of Police Bernard Melekian steps down to take up a post in DC. Another ring is discovered …
Today is Gandhi’s birthday! News The death toll in Indonesia is up over 1,000, with thousands more still trapped. A fossil find in Ethiopia may turn evolution theories on their head. Tony Blair is in line to become Europe’s first president, assuming the Irish say yes. Obama meets McChrystal. Jon Stewart lays into Democrat Senators. …