Cool!

Quoted: Scientists have found Earth's oldest fossils in Australia and say their microscopic discovery is convincing evidence that cells and bacteria were able to thrive in an oxygen-free world more than 3.4 billion years ago.

You tell 'em, Warren!

Quoted: Billionaire Warren Buffett urged U.S. lawmakers Monday to raise taxes on the country's super-rich to help cut the budget deficit, saying such a move will not hurt investments.

There's definitely a growing debate around international adoption. There's been reports out of China that children are stolen from the government and sold to adoption agencies since Western parents can pay hefty fees... but on the flipside, India's adoption policies are so rigid, the girls there often go unadopted.

Quoted: The Mosleys say that their adoption agency, Maine Adoption Placement Services, told them that in the months after Samuel's birth parents signed him away but before Samuel's adoption, his orphanage's caretakers had taken their charges and fled to the hills, where they ate grass, drank from streams, and dodged drug-addled child soldiers armed with guns and machetes.

Definitely want to check this out -- food and Mark Twain, all in one!

Quoted: In his first book, Beahrs uses the palate of America's great humorist and satirist to celebrate and explore native foodstuffs and even make the case ...

Ha, love this image.

Quoted: Centenarians may have a great deal of wisdom to share, but this apparently does not include advice on how to live to age 100.

What a fantastic story. (By the way, this is NOT Salman Khan, Bollywood star...)

Quoted: Back in 2004, Khan was a 28-year-old hedge-fund manager in Silicon Valley looking for a way to help his cousin with her seventh-grade math homework. His solution: use Yahoo Messenger's Doodle feature to illustrate his points as he talked to her on the phone.

Really well said. My favorite quote: I joked long ago that if one party declared that the earth was flat, the headlines would read “Views Differ on Shape of Planet.”

Quoted: The facts of the crisis over the debt ceiling aren’t complicated. Republicans have, in effect, taken America hostage, threatening to undermine the economy and disrupt the essential business of government unless they get policy concessions they would never have been able to enact through legislation.

What a crazy story! I can't believe police would go solely on witness testimony and not even look into her alibis...

Quoted: Sumasar, 36, served seven months in prison, the victim of what prosecutors say was an elaborate plot by her former boyfriend, Jerry Ramrattan, to frame her for bogus armed robberies.

You know, if I were a kid, I would not be down with this apples instead of frieds business... But I guess it's nice to have the option!

Quoted: The McDonald's meal will feature both apple slices and fries, and customers would have to specifically ask for more fries in place of the apples.