Thursday's Daily Brief

Thursday, June 30, 2011
POLITICS
Dems Duck Recess Fight With GOP As Elizabeth Warren Dangles
MEDIA
Esquire Sued By Birthers Over Deceptive Satire Of Birther Deception
WORLD
Kabul Hotel Attack Suspect Killed By NATO Airstrike
GREEN
All Of Texas Declared Natural Disaster
WOMEN
He's 51, She's 16: What Age Gap Relationships Mean For Teen Girls
BLOG POSTS
Mohamed el-Erian: "Made in Egypt, by Egypt, for Egypt"
It is tempting for a nation and for a society to feel overwhelmed by transformational change. Today's Egypt should not. All of its challenges are surmountable, especially if the country retains its unity, commonality of purpose, and purity of aspiration.
Carrie Wiatt, M.S.: BEWARE: Sneaky Liquid Calories
Ditching that regular soda and switching to a diet version may not be the perfect fix-it healthy solution. Research shows that both versions may lead to disease.
Maria Cuomo Cole: Bringing Our Soldiers Home Includes Ensuring They Have a Home
Considering President Obama's pledge to return 33,000 troops by the end of the year, there is cause for concern regarding the quality of civilian life many veterans will experience.
Wendell Potter: Insurers' Bait and Switch
The health insurance industry's long-term strategy is to move all Americans into high-deductible plans, and they're well on their way to achieving that goal. Once there, you can bet the rates will be hiked up.
Craig Kanalley: Google Plus Seems Like Social Gold, But Is the Timing Right?
Make no mistake: Google+ is indeed Google's shiniest social product yet. But timing is everything on the Web -- it's whoever gets there first, whoever is best and whoever can keep a user base happy at critical times.

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