This x That:
Know This:
- Obama administration vetoes FDA decision to remove age restriction on over-the-counter Plan B purchase.
- Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison, will join predecessor George Ryan.
- Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky arrested again after new accusers come forward.
- Syracuse University coach Bernie Fine can’t be charged for sexual abuse as statute of limitations has expired.
- In interview with Barbara Walters, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad says only a government “led by a crazy person” would kill its own people.
- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says Russian elections should be annulled over “numerous falsifications and rigging.”
- RIP: Dobie Gray, “Drift Away” singer, dead at 69.
Read This:
- Judge lifts Occupy Boston injunction, Mayor asks protesters to leave; Family Guy writer Patrick Meighan recounts his Occupy LA arrest.
- Philadelphia prosecutors quit seeking death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
- Convicted phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire arrested as part of ongoing phone hacking scandal investigation.
- Indian government’s plan to allow foreign supermarket chains derailed by opposition.
Look At This:
- In Focus: 2011 in Photos, Part 2 of 3.
- Fox News uses footage of Greek riots to beef up post-election protests in Moscow. (More here.)
- Two new clips from season two of Portlandia.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: ‘Gay’ Penguin Pair Adopts a Baby Chick in China.
- Tea x Time List: Top 10 Everything of 2011.
- Above: Passive-aggressive stop sign spotted in Durango, Colorado.
