Hot off the Press: Is back edition

"Protection for Iowa Butterfly May Be Too Little, Too Late": http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Protection-for-Iowa-butterfly-May-Be-Too-Little-Too-Late-133820623.html.

Good ol' Newt Gingrich was paid up to $1.8 million by Freddie Mac for consulting fees: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/gingrich-said-to-be-paid-at-least-16-million-by-freddie-mac/2011/11/15/gIQAk7YuPN_story.html?hpid=z2. Check this out:

One idea that the former Georgia congressman proposed that Freddie Mac didn’t pursue was initiating a program with the Boy Scouts of America to teach youngsters the importance of saving money and maintaining good credit so they would qualify to buy a home later in life.

There is a 50 percent chance the Federal Housing Administration will need a $43 billion bailout if the housing market does not rebound next year: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fha-funding-20111116,0,2638565.story. Will that be cash or charge?

The Guardian uses animation to examine the "99 percent vs. 1 percent" claim being made by the Occupy Wall Street crowd: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/video/2011/nov/16/99-v-1-occupy-data-animation.

Governor Branstad's brother will pay $10,000 for manure pollution at one of his cattle operations: http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/11/16/governors-brother-to-pay-10000-manure-pollution-fine/. The guy seems to have a reputation for not being environmentally responsible.

The Minneapolis city council "approved measures to allow restaurants serving alcohol and microbreweries selling growler jugs to open near houses of worship": http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/134124903.html.

The Newt thinks child labor laws are "truly stupid": http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/gingrich-calls-child-labor-laws-truly-stupid/2011/11/21/gIQAFYKHiN_blog.html?hpid=z4. The earlier you start putting aside money for your IRA (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/gingrich-introduces-growth-and-opportunity-pitch-on-social-security-to-nh-students/2011/11/21/gIQAHNK9gN_story.html?hpid=z3) the better, I guess. (Having an IRA myself, I cannot disagree with him on this. However, who would support those already on "elderly welfare"?)

"Pepper-spray cop works his way through art history": http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/pepper-spray-cop-works-his-way-through-art-history/2011/11/21/gIQA4XBmhN_blog.html?fb_ref=NetworkNews.