- The European Space Agency has successfully landed its Philae probe on the surface of a speeding comet after a 10-year mission.
- The Senate will vote on approving the Keystone XL pipeline next week after a whirlwind of negotiation by Democrat Mary Landrieu, facing a runoff election in December.
- Same-sex marriage advocates won victories in two states yesterday as the Supreme Court lifted its stay on marriages in Kansas, and a federal judge struck down South Carolina's ban.
- Tensions in Ukraine are high as NATO is accusing Moscow of sending in troop convoys and ballistic nuclear missiles into Ukraine, a charge the Kremlin angrily denies.
- Some 91% of Americans feel digital surveillance is out of control and that consumers can't do anything to stop it in a new Pew Research poll.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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