Summer wildfires are drawing near Lthe birthplace of the atomic bomb. The Los Alamos National Laboratory, built as Site Y of the Manhattan Project, is today used for research, including weapons engineering. The town of Los Alamos has been evacuated and the lab temporarily closed. Some pictures of the lividly lit skies on the lab's Flickr page. more inside

Oh Baby... California Lieutenant Governor, ex-San Francisco Mayor and Outspoken Gay Marriage Supporter Gavin Newsom just announced that his wife has given birth to their second child. Backdating, that would put the conception right in the heat of the campaign that got him elected. Now THAT's the kind of political sex story I can get behind.

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Meat Glue . The meat industry's dirty little secret From Australia's Today Tonight program: "The industry-wide secret butchers don't want you to know about: the special product called Meat Glue sticking your steak together." Banned by the European Union, Meat Glue remains legal in Australia — and the U.S. (disgusting SLYT)