This Week in the Mercury
Sunday, June 20, 2010
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Posted by Stefan Kamph on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Happy Sunday, folks! Hope you're having a good weekend. Did you go to the Naked Bike Ride last night, along with 13,000 other chilly citizens? I didn't, but I did go to a jail and a sex club in the same day. Keep an eye on the paper for more on those hijinks.
Speaking of fathers... it's Fathers' Day.
Meanwhile the big daddy of all oil spills continues to gush, but BP might be making progress in profiting from containing it, despite all the flummoxed theatrics in Washington.
A new document surfaces, showing that BP's own worst-case estimate of the leakage is 100,000 barrels per day.
China is allowing more flexibility for its currency, the yuan, loosening its ties to the US dollar.
Details on Israel's new plan to allow "civilian goods" into the Gaza strip.
Could Republicans filibuster Elena Kagan's appointment?
Kyron Horman's stepmother gets another polygraph test.
Also, BELIEVE IT OR NOT (hint: don't), today tomorrow is the longest day of the year. Holy crap!
Here is how Swedish people celebrated last night:
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