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From the New York Post:
Warning of an approaching economic calamity, Gov. Paterson yesterday called an emergency session of the state Legislature – and raised the specter that New York may have to sell off roads, bridges and tunnels to close a massive budget deficit.
More from Ken Silverstein:
Commentary — July 25, 2012, 2:20 pm
Washington Babylon — September 29, 2010, 11:37 am


Percentage of the French who think it “somewhat” or “very” possible they will one day become homeless:

Neuroscientists found that sloths sleep around nine and a half hours a day. Previous research had studied only captive sloths, who sleep on average sixteen hours a day, possibly because they are bored and depressed.

A young man who lied to Berlin police about having lived for five years in a forest was revealed to have run away from home because he disliked his internship.