9/11 updates:
Surprise! Taliban & al-Qaeda are worlds apart:
‘Separating the Taliban from al-Qaeda: The core of success in Afghanistan’*
Flashback: Bush rejects Taliban offer to hand bin Laden over*
Video: Napolitano warns terror threat ‘most heightened’ since 9/11*

Biowars/envirohealth:
Climate scientist sues climate change skeptic for libel*
Study: 25% of antidepressants prescribed for no legitimate reason*

Drugwar:
Pharmacies besieged by addicted thieves*
Why can’t US legalize drugs? Hillary admits there’s “too much money in it”*

Econocrash:
Deutsche boerse, NYSE & merger talk frenzy*
Jet loaded with millions in gold & cash seized by Congolese authorities linked to Texas philanthropist David Disiere*
Communities exposing wal-mart’s deceptive practices*
Why did Obama choose outsourcing champ Immelt as jobs advisor?*
audio satire: US takes out debt-consolidation loan*

History/mystery:
Hitler aide Bormann ‘escaped to latin america’*
Confirmed: FBI warned day before OKC bombing*
The Octopus conspiracy: One woman’s search for her father’s killer*
Man says ex-CIA agent Posada gave him explosives for hotel bombing*

Media/memes:
The criminally-infested Stupor Bowl*
Under-age sex trade booming at Stupor Bowl*
Christina Aguilera fumbles anthem at Stupor Bowl*
Video: Chrysler’s $9m stupor bowl ad w/Eminem longest, most expensive ever made*
Chinese TV shows ‘Top Gun’ as military drill*
Disney looks to the cradle to expand business*
Video: AOL & Huffington team up to provide that perfect blend of sanitized news & gossip* [#huffpuff]
With Huffpo sold to AOL, naturalnews invites health authors to join truly independent news network*
JD Salinger, enigmatic ‘Catcher in the Rye’ author, 91*
Tura Satana, ‘Faster, Pussycat! kill! kill!’ actress, 72*
Kidnap victim John Paul Getty III dies at 54*
Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy guitarist, dies aged 58*
Red, white & blue: the White Stripes break up*

Murder/mayhem:
Teen pleads guilty in fatal beating of William Bennett*
1st guilty plea in attack that killed Loudoun man, injured wife*
Flashback: The death of William Bennett: CIA, contract killers, Kosovo & questions*
Twilight language: giffords wants ‘toast’*
John Skilling, son of ex-Enron boss Jeffrey Skilling, found dead at 20*
Video: Court appearance for suspects in Ohio fraternity shooting delayed*
Semen in yogurt linked to Albuquerque grocery store worker*
Video: Safeway pharmacy mistakenly gives pregnant woman abortion pill*
Video: NY TV executive convicted of beheading wife*

Oregon oddities:
Fritz Springmeier writes from prison*
Central Oregon airspace considered for drone testing, but private pilots worried*

WV worry:
WV residents win 1st round in chemical case:
Judge says Bayer can’t produce toxic chemical in WV*
GOP takes aim at ‘Obama agenda’ backers for 2012*
Strange odor reported by WV/MD officials along state border*
Investigating reports of several dead horses at greenbrier farm*