Nobel Prizes, Nazi Garden Gnomes, and Not Really the News [News Bits]

- Civilian goals still unmet in Afghanistan
- Two Americans share Nobel economics prize; this is the first year a female has been awarded the prize for economics.
- Insurance industry advocacy group claims premiums will rise under healthcare reform
- Tea Partiers turning on GOP?
- White House: Fox News "not really a news channel"
- For Indian brides, a toilet says, "forever"
- Der Spiegel: Nazi Garden Gnomes Invade German Town
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