New stories: Hunter: B.A.B.Y. by Aardvark and The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 08:00 by CallMeCrazy

New stories: Hunter: B.A.B.Y. by Aardvark and The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 08:00 by CallMeCrazy

Economy

• Citi Talks With Treasury About Retention Bonuses
• City bankers on course for £7bn in bonuses
• White House and Congress target credit card rates
• From Highly Successful to Unemployed to Becoming Mr. Mom
• Prescient Young Blogger Did What S. Korea Couldn't -- Foresee Global Financial Crisis--And almost went to jail for it.

AIG

• AIG CEO Ed Liddy's not-so-secret Goldman ties
• Congress Probing AIG Spin Shop
• Blind Amputee Has to Fight AIG for New Plastic Leg, Wheelchair

New stories: The Alpha Dog Gets a Leash by Londonboy and The Salt by RdyRoger

New stories: The Alpha Dog Gets a Leash by Londonboy and The Salt by RdyRoger

Deep Packet Inspection

• Berners-Lee says no to internet 'snooping'
• Cable: DPI is good for us; Congressman: it's frightening
• AT&T Sends Mixed Message on Behavioral Advertising
• The Open Rights Group Calls on Big Websites to Boycott Phorm
• European Commission and UK Clash Over Phorm
• British government "colluding" with Phorm
• Privacy International Takes On Phorm

Tech and the Law

• The Officer Who Posted Too Much on MySpace
• Cop's Gutsy Gambit Nails Alleged Craigslist Child-Sex Predator
• Juror's Twitter posts cited in motion for mistrial

New morphs and new stories: Legacy 5 by Redkage and New Year's Resolution 6 by lthrjock

New stories: Legacy 5 by Redkage and New Year's Resolution 6 by lthrjock

New morphs: Bicep Boy 4 and Geek2Jock 3

Wingers

• How they lie: a case study
• The GOP: divorced from reality
• The ultimate reaping of what one sows: right-wing edition
• But Can Obama Make the Trains Run on Time?
• The Civil War On the U.S. Right
• Welcome to the Incredible Shrinking Right-wingo-verse! Salon
• Right-Wing Extremist Congresswoman Denounces Attacks Against Right-Wing Extremists
• FBI Arrests Oklahoma Teabagger For Twitter Threats
• Aryan Nations recruiting again in northern Idaho

New stories: Second Chances 4 by Clarence591 and Not As I Do 8 by Flashpoint

New stories: Second Chances 5 by Clarence591 and Not As I Do 9 by Flashpoint

Gay Marriage

• Iowa Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional--Read a summary of the Court's decision which Rep. King was none too happy about
• Vermont lawmakers give OK to gay marriage
• Sweden allows same-sex marriage

Sexting the Children

• 'Sexting' Hysteria Falsely Brands Educator as Child Pornographer--The prosecutor should be disbarred for ruining an innoncent man's life.
• Judge blocks Tunkhannock sexting charges--Albeit temporarily.
• 'Sexting' isn't a crime

Zealotry

• Outcry in Pakistan after video of a 17-year-old girl's flogging by the Taliban is shown on TV
• Free Expression Assault Continues at UN Human Rights Council
• Scientology Official Addresses Works of L. Ron Hubbard--"I'm not interested in somebody else's version of my religion or somebody else's idea of what my religion is." Well, your religion is not a religion in the first place.

New stories: Facets 2 by screamingmoist and The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 09:00 by CallMeCrazy

New stories: Facets 2 by screamingmoist and The Jocking: 3rd Quarter: 09:00 by CallMeCrazy

Economy

• The Quiet Coup--"If the IMF’s staff could speak freely about the U.S., it would tell us what it tells all countries in this situation: recovery will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that is blocking essential reform."
• Does ABC News understand how income tax works?
• Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own
• For Debt Collectors, the Dead Are a Healthy Bet
• Economic collapse puts graduates on unforeseen paths
• Young and Old Are Facing Off for Jobs
• Now-needy FDIC collected few premiums from banks for decade

Cards

• Credit card reform gets another look
• Don't miss a credit card payment, or the APR could soar
• Another twist for the unemployed: Debit card fees