Investigators tell WSLS the baby’s airway was still blocked. They say the baby was under bedding and had been suffocated by her mother. Investigators say because the mother and baby were still connected by the umbilical cord and placenta, state law does not consider the baby to be a separate life. Therefore, the mother cannot be charged.

As if we needed yet another example that legislators were fucking morons.

Iraqi troops in standoff with Iran

Iraqi troops massed Saturday near an oil well on the border in a standoff with Iranian forces that seized control of the site in a sudden flare up of tension between the two uneasy neighbors.

The top U.S. diplomat in Iraq said Baghdad’s speedy response to the border incursion showed that Iraq is “not going to be pushed around” by Iran.

You know the world really needs another Iran/Iraq war. It has been a while.

Poland tightens border in hunt for Auschwitz sign

Polish authorities stepped up security checks at airports and border crossings and searched scrap metal yards Saturday as the search intensified for the infamous Nazi sign stolen from the Auschwitz death camp memorial.

Now who doesn’t want to own a piece of history like that ?

Testing group data shows swine flu waning in U.S.

“Between this peak week and December 9, testing rates fell by 75 percent. In the most recent week reported, December 9, testing rates were equivalent to volumes experienced in late August, when the second wave began,” the company said.

Wait … you mean H1N1 is just another over-hyped “epidemic” ?