Just really quick:
- Oil Platform Explodes, 13 Workers Rescued (WSJ) — Fortunately, it did not turn into a “Here we go again, y’all…”
- Leaders Agree to Successive Rounds of Mideast Talks (NYT) — A turn of the screw, but an important one.
- Hurricane Earl Roars Toward N.C. Coast (NPR) — Not quite a local story, but almost.
- Afghan election campaign workers ‘killed in air strike’ (BBC) — Two were also wounded in the NATO-led strike.
- Bernanke, Bair Defend Markets Overhaul (WSJ) — The Fed chair defends his actions at the critical moment two years ago.
- Will on Bulge veterans: ‘Indisputable American heroes’ (thestate.com) — The event honoring the veterans of the Ardennes campaign was today.
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Yawn. Another oil rig disaster. This is becoming rather routine. But do we ever learn anything? We really need to figure out how to get along without fossil fuels. And soon.