06-Jun-2012 19:44

Charles Munger's push for Beth Gaines becomes campaign issue - Sacramento Bee (blog) :: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/05/charles-mungers-push-for-beth-gaines-becomes-campaign-issue.html

Recall Bid Fails in Wisconsin :: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker withstood a recall election, dealing a blow to organized labor and unsettling President Barack Obama's re-election strategy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303918204577448313090640398.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Pesto Bliss Produced by Sound and Touch :: From her 19th-century farmhouse, Maria Gandara produces a product that is enough to inspire a fierce devotion, bordering on the fanatical.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/dining/pesto-bliss-produced-by-sound-and-touch.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Columnist: What the Locusts Ate :: Europe, the United States, China and the Arab world have all squandered huge dividends, and digging out of their respective holes won’t be easy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/opinion/friedman-what-the-locusts-ate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Mysterious Buddhist Retreat Ends in a Grisly Death :: After having been expelled from a retreat in Arizona, Ian Thorson, was found dead in a cave nearby, and his wife, Christie McNally was found thirsty and delirious.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/mysterious-yoga-retreat-ends-in-a-grisly-death.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Columnist: Is Pleasure a Sin? :: In its jihad on nuns, the Vatican shows no mercy to a Sister of Mercy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/opinion/dowd-is-pleasure-a-sin.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Software Raises Bar for Hiring :: Amid widespread unemployment, one of job-seekers' biggest complaints is the now-ubiquitous use of software to screen applicants, writes David Wessel. Are electronic gate-keepers raising the bar unnecessarily high?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304821304577436172660988042.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

The Horace Mann School’s Secret History of Sexual Abuse :: Many years later, graduates of the Horace Mann School, an elite private school in New York, are finally able to tell their stories of sexual abuse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/magazine/the-horace-mann-schools-secret-history-of-sexual-abuse.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Warren Buffett: U.S. recession is unlikely :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/Da15xcUWql0/index.htm

Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91 :: Mr. Bradbury’s lyrical evocations of the future reflected both the optimism and the anxieties of his own postwar America.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/books/ray-bradbury-popularizer-of-science-fiction-dies-at-91.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Johannesburg Tries a Comeback :: Two young South African developers and others like them are helping to regenerate what had become a decrepit city center in Johannesburg.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303830204577447100454112824.html?mod=rss_most_emailed_day_europe

Wisconsin's Walker makes history surviving recall election :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/vDbLjQntUEc/us-usa-wisconsin-recall-idUSBRE85313220120606

Sister Margaret Farley Denounced by Vatican :: The book attempted to present a theological rationale for same-sex relationships, masturbation and remarriage after divorce.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/us/sister-margaret-farley-denounced-by-vatican.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

More Young Americans Out of High School Are Also Out of Work :: A new survey finds that those without a college degree have dismal job prospects and considerable obstacles blocking improvement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/business/more-young-americans-out-of-high-school-are-also-out-of-work.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Missing Mom's Husband: I Did It :: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=546c8c08b953eb797c4e973fa78e9388

Germany Grapples With Role in Rescue :: As Europe careens deeper into political and economic crisis, the immediate survival of the euro turns more than ever on a single question: Will Germany act?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303506404577446312797418208.html?mod=rss_most_emailed_day_europe

Prekindergarten Costs in New York City Have Doubled in 6 Years :: The cost of New York City’s special education prekindergarten program has nearly doubled in six years, and governmental oversight of the contractors running it has often been lax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/education/prekindergarten-costs-in-new-york-city-have-doubled-in-6-years.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Architecture Review: Architectural Canopy Shines in Battery Park City :: A look at a geometrically complex arcade canopy by Preston Scott Cohen, an effective use of public space in Lower Manhattan that connects the Goldman Sachs headquarters to a shopping arcade and hotel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/arts/design/architectural-canopy-shines-in-battery-park-city.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Man Executed for Killing 4 Nieces, Nephews :: A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2116550,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular

Political Science: Science at Issue in Debate on Morning-After Pill :: Some abortion opponents say emergency contraception pills may block fertilized eggs from implanting, but scientists say there is no evidence the pills work that way.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/health/research/morning-after-pills-dont-block-implantation-science-suggests.html?partner=rss&emc=rss