Midwest "in the bull's-eye" again: Storms predicted today.

Beatriz Has Lupus, Her Fetus Has a Birth Defect Almost Certain to Kill Him, and Beatriz Has Another Infant to Care For: An El Salvador court considers whether an abortion would be against god.

American Drone: Killed top Pakistani Talibaner, two Pakistani officials say.

Reprisals in London: Against Muslims. Ugh.

Risk of Bank Failures in Europe: Said to be rising.

"Everything's great": The allegedly crack-smokin' mayor of Toronto had the best birthday eva.

No, Really, Make This Vermeer into a Poster: The Rijksmuseum offers hi-res downloads for free. It's "...a new, 21st-century way of respecting images."

There Is A Giant Ad for Grape-Nuts: On the landing page of the NYT. I just thought you might be eating them and would want to know. No need to look.

"Least Sucky Cities for Women in the Workforce": I love least sucky!

Meanwhile: Mothers are the top earners in a record 4 in 10 American households.

Bremerton Priest Derek Lappe: One of the first to cut ties with the Boy Scouts.

"You don't expect to hear that sound at Toontown": Disney goes boom.

UK's Thinking Unlawful Detentions of Afghans Isn't a Good Idea: Good thing the US would never do anything like unlawfully detain Afghans.

Traffic Check: Big FedEx truck crash on southbound 5 this am. Check before you drive.

Young Man Trying to Kill Himself in Graham: Takes another man with him.

Larry King: Going on Russian TV.

Today's video is 4 minutes and involves a low-lit bar, older business men and one younger man, and the Roy Orbison song "Crying." I can't embed it, but you really should go here and watch. It's by Jesper Just, the artist representing Denmark at the Venice Biennale, where his video installation includes men of African descent walking through a replica of Paris that the artist found in China.