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Dubai World has announced it will not be able to meet its debt obligations, pushing the cost of insuring Dubai's debt up significantly.

via Marginal REVOLUTION.

Former Bush press secretary Dana Perino incorrectly stated that there were no terrorist attacks in America under President Bush's term. via The source of this content is HuffPost.

Thousands of documents were hacked from the British Climate Research Unit (CRU), revealing efforts to suppress some climate research.

Leaked information from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia reveals correspondence between scientists about climate change data.

via RealClearPolitics

Leaked files containing emails and data from climate scientists at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) are spreading quickly online. The blog post includes one full email exchange where two scientists discuss keeping certain papers out of the next IPCC report.

The American Dialect Society is searching for the word of the year and the word of the decade to best represent 2009 or the entire 2000s.

Tyler Cowen links to Russ Roberts' essay which takes a skeptical view of top-down remedies for the 2008 financial crisis.

Jason Kottke writes about the PBS show, which is an industrial design documentary and is part of the Independent Lens series.

via kottke.org

Tyler Cowen shares a handful of eclectic links, including one where you can listen to David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature.

Al Jazeera's live news updates cover the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, as well as the situation in Gaza one year after an attack. via The source of this content is Al Jazeera.

Jacob Sullum details two different experiences with Salvia divinorum, comparing the effects of smoking versus using a tincture. via Reason.com.

Economist Steven Landsburg responds to parenting blogger Sierra Black's comment on the potential downsides of free trade, arguing that the benefits outweigh the risks. via The Big Questions