Link Collection

It looks like either American Airlines or Delta Airlines will win a bidding battle for Japan Airlines or JAL will go through the Japanese version of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy:
http://www.glgroup.com/News/American-Delta-Slug-it-Out-for-Struggling-JAL-but-are-Likely-to-Fail-45833.html

Interesting story about the behind-the-scenes turmoil at Disney animation while they were churning out a stream of megahits (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, etc.). I didn't realize that at one point they were going to cut out all the songs from Beauty and the Beast:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-disney10-2010jan10,0,2327240.story

Study found that being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others, and boosts memory. People in a happy mood were more likely to believe anything they were told and make mistakes as an eyewitness:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP488505

Study found that 30% of humans have a small variant in their genetic code that reduces their dosage of BDNF and have brains that are smaller in some key regions. Their genes make them more likely to be poor drivers--those with the genetic variant made 20% more driving errors, were slower to learn to drive, and when tested 4 days later had forgot more of what they had learned from driver's ed:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/10/do-these-genes-make-me-drive-poorly.html

For the first time, researchers have found that a non-primate (bats) regularly engage in oral sex:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1030/2

237 members of Congress are millionaires, so 40% of Congress are millionaires while 1% of the general population are millionaires:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29235.html

Commentary on the latest recognized religion in the UK--the Church of Green Faith...yes, that means that concern about environmental issues is actually a legally recognized religion in the UK!
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-a-guide-to-the-new-ecoreligion-1815647.html

For Lori: Kate Gosselin's new hairstyle costs $7000 and takes 20 hours:
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/08/2010-01-08_kate_gosselins_new_long_hair_do_costs_7000_according_to_stylist_ted_gibson.html#ixzz0c5b61Vo4