News Break

Taking a midmorning coffee break and catching up:

Happy St. Andrew's Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWLpaJNbQo

I'm very proud:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/schools-transport-hospitals-and-courts-hit-as-public-sector-staff-strike-1.1137390

A Welsh HS boy has taken on a faux US cancer clinic:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/29/schoolboy-blogger-us-clinic
Here's his blog:
http://rhysmorgan.co/2011/11/threats-from-the-burzynski-clinic/#comment-3719

The Leveson Inquiry goes on and keeps spreading:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/nov/30/leveson-inquiry-alastair-campbell-live

Gingrich boasting he's gross and cheap, too?:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/newt-gingrich-compares-2012-campaign-walton-kroc-politico-e-book-fights-back-article-1.984413

Smoking in the boy's room ends in death:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-smoking-pot-college-staten-island-dies-confrontation-police-source-article-1.984099

Hinsch's is saved!!!!:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/sweet-save-old-school-bay-ridge-ice-cream-parlor-hinsch-reopens-locals-rejoice-article-1.983652

Quite the morning!