Link Collection

Surgeons were able to remove 4 sewing needles that were inside the lung and close to the heart of a Brazilian toddler. 30 needles were plunged into the toddler by his stepfather during a month-long series of rituals:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-18-brazil-boy-needles_N.htm?csp=34

Swedish fast-food chain is trying to discourage customers from eating their burgers by publishing the carbon footprint of each item on its menu:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8395287.stm

Houston lawyer filed a suit to get a church to close a homeless shelter, saying that it has hurt the value of his business and property:
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/12/homeless_beacon_law_suit_harry.php

Experts have recommended that the English soccer team give Viagra to its players for the World Cup. I didn't realize that cyclists are already taking Viagra due to its performance enhancing properties and how it is not a banned substance:
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20091206/379/tsp-england-footie-team-to-be-offered-vi.html

I didn't realize that Sarah Palin said that it was "fair game" to question Pres. Obama's citizenship:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/03/palin-goes-birther-obama_n_379634.html

China now makes and buys more cars than any other country in the world:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6789987.html

By next year, China will sell at least 1/3 of bus sales in the world and will be the dominant bus exporter in the world. China became the world's leader in CO2 emissions in 2006 and has 16 of the world's 20 worst air quality cities:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/KK04Cb01.html