Spending Bill Costs $3 Million Per Word, Supreme Court to Decide on Warrantless Cellphone Searches, Researchers Say Sixth Sense Could Be a Vision Thing: P.M. Links

Robert Gates says he
agrees with President Obama that new sanctions on Iran would
threaten ongoing diplomatic efforts. Iran,
meanwhile, said UN inspectors would be visiting uranium mines
in the country later this month, the first such trip since
2005.
The price of the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress this
week
comes to $3 million per word.
The Supreme Court has
decided to hear a case about whether cell phone searches
require warrants.
Yale University
blocked access to a student-run website evaluating its courses
after failing to compel the students to take it down. It dealt with
a previous course evaluation website by buying it.
Dozens more people have been
arrested across Nigeria due to perceived homosexuality after an
anti-gay law passed in the country, according to activists, who say
prior to its passage anti-gay prosecutions were limited to the
Muslim north.
Somalia’s Ministry of Commerce
said it would not be responsible for the safety of tourists who
did not register with it.
A Japanese soldier who
fought in World War 2 and remained in a jungle in the
Philippines until 1974 died at the age of 91.
Researchers
suggest the feeling of a “sixth sense” could be the result of
the inability to articulate subtle changes our vision systems pick
up on.