This Week in the Mercury
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Posted by Alex Zielinski on Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Occupation Station: At UC Davis, cops pepper spray peaceful sitting Occupiers, Occupy Los Angeles files a restraining order against the police, and Occupy Portland members are kicked out of a foreclosed house. Whew.
Like Father..: Libyan officials say they captured the elusive son of Moammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam.
There Goes Winter Break: Despite protest, Swiss officials cement a ban on nude hiking in the Alps.
Missing the Point: The FDA revokes license for successful breast cancer superdrug, Avastin. Doesn't go over well.
Taxonomy of Trendy: NPR zooms in on the odd and ironic persona that is the hipster.
Whoops: A grand jury indicts Dane Reister—the Portland officer who mistakenly loaded his beanbag shotgun with live ammo and then shot a man this summer.
Come Again? Funny or Die's political "bad lip reading" takes on the Ron dawg.
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