Monday Monring Headlines

Alright, so it might not be morning... more like afternoon, but here goes. Some interesting reading I just found that you might dig as well.. a combination of headlines you may or may not have read:

Farm Animals Get 90% of Antibiotics Sold In The U.S. (keep chowin' it down, America...)

Holland To Start Taxing Prostitutes

Vegan Options On School Lunch Menus?

LOCAL: Funds Needed For Youth Program (Miami Science Museum Upward Bound)

"And I Say To Sarah Palin..." (real slick, Fox News)

Colin Farrell Confirmed For Total Recall Remake (and to this I say... Why?!)

Todd Haynes, Kate Winslet, and Guy Pierce Discuss "Mildred Pierce" (dying to see this!)

Monday Morning News Break.

Some headlines with your coffee?

U.S. Admits Role in Killing of Afghan Women (NY Times)

Two killed, 100 injured in Mexican earthquake (CNN)

Anna Paquin comes out as a bisexual! (rawr)

An interesting Porn Vs Romance Novels debate on Salon.com

Analyzing Heaven on Slate.com

The Miami Herald features a very cool little vintage shop in North Miami I'd like to check out

Monday Morning Headlines!

The Times has a feature on Chef Jamie Oliver and his quest to inform the world on how to cook for oneself in order to break its dependency on fast food. Kudos, Jamie. We need more people to be on the look out since McDonalds won't be anytime soon...

Books and Books in the Gables will be playing the documentary Lumo on Wednesday night at 7pm about Congolese rape victims, presented by the organization HEAL Africa. Go watch and educate yourself and make a donation to this important cause!

The GLBTQ community is no longer staying silent about what they want. Thousands of protesters marched on to Washington D.C. to vocally demand their rights, including repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell and marriage equality for all. The Times has some great pictures from the event.

NPR has a great piece on Alton Brown, the coolest of Food Network chefs, who has just reached a milestone - a full decade of his show, Good Eats.

The LA Times ranks some of the best haunted houses in America this Halloween season!

Monday Morning Two-Minute Headlines.

The NY Times wraps up the Emmys. Mad Men (one of my new personal favorites) won for best Drama and Best Writing as well (as it damn well should have.) 30 Rock also won a few awards, making me think I really have to finally get around to watching it.

The LA Times writes about the difficulties of rearing a child with schizophrenia. Fascinating and completely heartbreaking, I can only mildly comprehend how exhausted these parents must be.

Eye opening accounts of a severe problem happening in China wherein officials are taking people's children and putting them up for adoption when parents are unable to pay fines.

NPR comments on the evolution of the T-Rex. Fun read for anyone interested in dinosaurs.

As witness to many individuals who claim that "god" has really had a huge impact on them (going so far as to go in to extreme prayer that includes "speaking in tongues"), this report called This Is Your Brain On God is of exceptional interest.

Kudos to this Temecula School for not being afraid to tackle a assigning a book that addresses rape, a situation that is very real in all our communities and unfortunately many times in our schools as well.

A local Feed & Supply store holds a rally against a chain of horse murders in our own Miami-Dade County.

and finally... National Geographic is hosting its' annual International Photography Contest, so go get your cameras and shoot!