I left for work an hour early so I could stop by and take some shots. This is my fave from today. See all the rest on Flickr.

The title and lede from an AP article on CNN.com today:

Child care linked to later behavioral issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — The more time that children spent in child care, the more likely their sixth-grade teachers were to report problem behavior.

Meanwhile, buried in grafs 5 and 10:

The researchers said that the increase in vocabulary and problem [...]

Cool! When did Flickr add collections? I missed that one.
Anyways, another tool to get you to sign up for their services, since this is only useful for people with multiple sets — and sets are limited for the free service.
The image at right is the mosaic I created for my DC Highlights collection of local [...]

HuffPo is reporting that Helen Thomas’ front seat at the White House Briefing Room is being restored after having rudely been taken away.

MSNBC picks up on a great quote in a recent Politico.com article.
In a similar “the times they are a-changin’ ” vein, the LA Times credits a blog — Talking Points Memo — with driving the US attorneys purge story that led to one of these rounds of subpoenas.

Back in January, I mentioned that I had watched a couple of planes miss their approach to National Airport and do a “do-over.” I speculated that this was because the approach from the north requires pilots to navigate a pretty good turn just before landing. I don’t think it’s a hardship for most pilots (while [...]

So the latest issue of People has McDreamy, Patrick Dempsey, on the cover.
Now there’s a guy who has gotten *much* better looking as he aged!
But seriously…he named one of his twins Darby. Darby Dempsey.
Ouch!
No, it’s not Apple or Moon Unit, but still. I mean, I like Darby as a name (hey, it worked [...]