Saturday/Sunday, February 13-14, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN Weekend Edition (Saturday/Sunday, February 13-14, 2010)
(1)- SUPERSTITIONS -- Politicians have superstitious rituals. Strategist David Axelrod carries a pink quartz heart, former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi consulted soothsayers and astrologers and Pakistan’s president kills goats daily.

(2)- ADDICATIONS -- Advances in neuroimaging have enabled researchers to peer inside the brains of addicts and patients with addictive behaviors. They can see, in real-time, what gets patients hooked: how the brain's reward system thirsts...

(3)- BIG, BIG DOG -- Standing at nearly 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder and weighing a staggering 245lbs could this be the world's new tallest dog? In Tuscon, Arizona, George, a four-year-old blue great dane, looks more like horse than dog.

(4)- FOOD BOOK -- An Edible History of Humanity is a little different, because this is not a book about just any old aspect of life. Food is the very thing that allows us to exist.

(5)- POLITICS -- The political history of the 20th century, and not just in its totalitarian extremes, proves unkind to classical liberalism and anarchism. The modern democratic state breathes and spits out money.

(6)- ENVY -- Writers have always loathed and envied other members of the tribe: more famous, better paid, more fawning reviews, undeserved canonization. So the bilious range extends from the Greeks to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

(7)- NASA FEEDS -- NASA has begun a live video stream of astronauts working inside the International Space Station. The feed is powered by a high-speed communications antenna and NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System and includes audio.

(8)- JUDGES AND LAWYERS -- A retired Los Angeles County judge who ordered that a lawyer be paid in $10 gift cards from a women’s fashion store as part of a legal settlement has been censured and barred from presiding over future court cases.

(9)- PETA WANTS -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) thinks it's time for the hairiest weatherman to enjoy early retirement. PETA's proposal: instead of parading the wee groundhog, replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robot.

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