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Links 3/31/11

By mikethemadbiologist on March 31, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in Childcare Worker
New paper: Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in a childcare worker
"Castrated" Spiders Are Better Fighters, Study Says
The spread of superbugs

Other:

Greg Mankiw: Budget Arsonist Screaming for a Firehose...
Journamalism in 2011: Long on hyperbolic headlines and conflation, short on actual facts
Thoughts on Libya
Eric Cantor Admits Republicans Want to Kill Social Security
Craiglist ad seeks "writers to post Right-Wing Comments to social media & news outlets"
Value Betrayal
States broke? Maybe they cut taxes too much
Justin Wolfers Is Shrill: John Taylor Does Not Know What He Is Talking About Edition
A Guide To Richmond, VA, By a Guy Who Lived There from '93 to '97

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