This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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Obama Restarts Guantanamo Military Tribunals: The detainees held without charges in GITMO will now be tried by the military, not in civilian courts.
Poor People Screwed Again: This time, it's poor immigrants getting caught up in battles in Libya.
Military to Libya? Obama weighs "potential military options" for the country.
MIllion Woman March! In Egypt, to protest being sidelined in the new government.
Subway is the new McDonalds: The sandwich chain now has more stores worldwide than McDonalds: 33,749.
Conservative Punked Guy Takes on NPR: Remember that kid who filmed himself as a fake pimp at ACORN? Now he's got an NPR exec on tape condemning Tea Partiers.
Who Wants a Space Shuttle? Old shuttles are selling for $0! Oh, plus $28 million shipping and handling.
Child Pornography Really Isn't What it Used to Be: A guy in Michigan gets charged with child pornography for making a fake video of himself singing sexually explicit Adam Sandler songs to first graders.
The Secret Life of a Shipping Container: Did you know 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea every year? And they grow crazy ecosystems?
Final Day of Carnival! Check out the photos of Brazil's Mardi Gras.
300 Balloons is what it takes to float a house!
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