Most important news story of the week (ending June 19, 2009)

[ColbertWatcher]

Lots and lots of big news this week. I've tried to include all of them, but I know that I will miss some. If you don't see the story you feel is the most important, please post "Other" in reply and let everyone know which one it is.

A: by a vote of 5-4, U.S. Supreme Court rules DNA testing not a constitutional right^{Los Angeles Times, SCOTUS Blog}

B: EPA declares public health emergency in the town of Libby, Montana^{http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/0d16234d252c98f9852575d8005e63ac!OpenDocument">EPA}

C: Obama strips Fed of credit card oversight; grants limited benefits to domestic partners of federal employees

D: interest nearly doubles fine against Exxon for Valdez spill^{Los Angeles Times}

E: 27-boat convoy attacked off the coast of Sudan; 40 killed, 735 metric tons of food aid is lost^{http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31165&Cr=sudan&Cr1=">UN}

F: study finds increase in violence against GLBT community in U.S.^{http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31390167/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/">MSNBC}

G: unemployment in Michigan hits 14.1%^{Detroit Free Press}

H: documents recently made public reveal that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed lied to end torture by US interrogators^{http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009616145223139740.html">Al Jazeera}

I: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that he would accept a limited Palestinian state^{LA Times}

J: unrest follows Iran's elections, millions defy ban on public demonstrations

[Buzz Clik]

1. Other. The true cultural antecedent to Michelle Obama was revealed -- Claire Huxtable.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8483159

All else pales in comparison.


(EDIT: but I voted for G)

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I'm sorry. I usually have a selection for "other" but there were so many stories this week.

It was hard to pick which one to exclude to leave a spot for "other."

So I didn't!

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Kick. n/t

[underpants]

4. I can't pick one but several of those I had missed

thanks

[ColbertWatcher]

5. You're welcome.

It's very easy to miss stories what with all the coverage about Letterman abusing the entire Palin amily.

:evilgrin:

[ColbertWatcher]

6. I found out about this one too late to add it ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5886297&mesg_id=5886297

Great news.