Hot off the Press: Egyptian ink edition

The BBC examines why fewer American teens are getting cars and even their driver's licenses: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15847682.

"Branstad issue plea for state workers to buy toys": http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111128/NEWS/311280045/Branstad-issue-plea-for-state-workers-to-buy-toys. Though a worthy cause, I cannot help feeling this is kind of ironic since Branstad would rather take from state employees than give. "We're going to slash your pay. But you should buy toys for the needy." Sounds a little awkward.

The Kremlin has been accused of censorship after a translator at a Russian news agency resigns, citing pressure to not translate or soften stories critical of Vladimir Putin and his party: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/28/kremlin-ria-novosti-western-media.

Black Star plans to release a second album next year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/28/black-star-announce-second-album. If you do not have the first, get it.

A supposed Apple supplier in China is breaking environmental laws, heavily polluting a village, sickening residents, and even has city officials threatening those who talk to journalists: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/china-concerns-grow-over-environmental-costs-apple-products.

The Canadian House of Commons has voted to kill the Canadian Wheat Board apparently against the will of farmers who voted last year to preserve it: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/28/pol-wheat-board-vote.html.

Canadians are peeved their new cars are not as fuel efficient as promised, which many blame on Canada's reluctance to adopt "real life" consumption statistics like the US: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/25/bc-fuelefficiency.html.

A pair of 73-year-old Canadian football rivals duked it out at an alumni luncheon last Friday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15932748.

An iPhone apparently "self-combusted" on a plane that had just landed in Sydney: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/29/technology-iphone-self-combustion.html. Ugh. Another reason not to get an iPhone.