A.M. Links: Cantor Loses to Tea Party Rival, UK Banning Synthetic Drugs, Robbery Caught on Gamer’s Live-Stream

Tea
Partiers never say die: Following a
string of bad primary luck, Tea Party types have something to
crow about after last night, when their guy—economics professor
David Brat—defeated second-ranking
House Republican Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia)
by 11 percentage points.
Facing stern condemnation from the American Cheese Society,

the Food and Drug Administration backed down (at least for now)
on a proposal
to prohibit aging cheese on wooden boards.
A decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday

supports a fair use justification for mass book
digitization.
The UK is
banning synthetic substances that mimic the effects of LSD and
heroin.
Life imitates Law & Order: Police were able
to at least partially thwart an attempted robbery when it
was caught
on popular gamer Sajadene’s live-stream.
California’s San Quentin State Prison is building a 40-bed
inpatient
mental health program for death row inmates.
Bullet-resistant
security blankets. You know, for kids.