Some more newspaper gleanings, most coming from our Economic editor: Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations — Bailout Failure Will Cause US To Crash (For full disclosure, I would append the headline with: “But Bailout Success Will Cause Dollar to Crash”) — UK Banker Leaps To Death In Front Of Express Train — Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System — House defeats $700 Billion financial markets bailout
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Hawaiian K. suggested an article over at Treehugger on aquaponics
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Reader FFF spotted this: How China has created a new slave empire
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Mister DC sent this: What if disaster struck? Counties, schools update responses. (“How many corpses can fit in your local ice rink?”)
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Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the BBC reports: Bradford & Bingley bank facing nationalisation