NewsCut

The death of Roger Ebert, more testimony in the Schaffhausen trial, the anniversary of the King assassination, and why did it take 12 years to sift through the ruins of the World Trade Center?
The CBC has an interesting story today about the way the country's health insurance system can create instant holes in the safety net.
Civil unions instead of marriage in Minnesota? More law enforcement officials shot to death. a nuke shield from North Korea, and, here, take this $20,000 off my hands.