This x That:
Know This:
- Occupy Everywhere Update: NPR to stop distributing World of Opera in light of host Lisa Simeone’s Occupy D.C. ties; Cornel West arrested again, this time in Harlem; New York residents complain about Occupation noise and hygiene, as drummers ask General Assembly for $8,000 to buy more instruments; Occupy Melbourne protesters forcefully removed from city center ahead of Queen’s visit.
- Bank of America dumps trillions in “funky Merrill Lynch derivatives” on depositors.
- Ohio Governor John Kasich stops short of banning exotic animal ownership in new executive order.
- Amid criticism of his 9-9-9 tax reform plan, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain drops one of the 9s.
- Michele Bachmann’s entire New Hampshire campaign staff quits.
Read This:
- US troops in Iraq being replaced with a 5,500-mercenary-strong band of security contractors.
- Rupert Murdoch survives shareholder challenge, reelected to News Corp. board.
- Rupert Murdoch settles with family of murdered teen Milly Dowler for £3 million.
- New Zealand says its doesn’t need anymore homemade penguin sweaters.
- Frank Oz on new Muppets movie: “I don’t think they respected the characters.”
The Other:
- NewsFeed: A New York City Bus Gives Women the Back Seat.
- Tea x Time List: Fixing America’s Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World.
- Above: Post-It watch. (via.)
