This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Syria v. Syria's Citizens: Street battles are raging in the Syrian capital of Damascus as the government continues to take a hard line against rebellion.
Olympic Security in "Shambles": Security at the Olympics in London is looking dicey after the company hired to provide guards dropped the ball.
HSBC Laundered Drug Money: The big bank's lax rules allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through the US institution.
Yahoo Names New CEO: I know this sounds boring, but she actually seems pretty interesting.
Yay Science! The FDA approves the first drug to slow the spread of HIV.
Boy Scouts: Still Bigots. The Boy Scouts of America administration reaffirms its ban on gay people as "absolutely the best policy" for the group.
Big Gay Military Wedding: The story of the first same-sex marriage on a military base.
Who Made the Olympic Rings? A guy with a giant mustache in 1914.
The First Ever Coffee Ad!From 1652! It protects against gout!
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