Earthquake rattles Philippines, Taiwan
"A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan, the US Geological Survey said."

And just for kicks, check out the Latest Earthquakes in the World, past 7 days. Normally, you'd have a pretty busy ring around the Pacific Rim, and some boxes in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and maybe a handful of >5s elsewhere, but for the last few days it's been boxy all over.

More on the Indianapolis tornado.

Insurers see greater risk of hurricanes and charge more.

Countries agree to cluster bomb ban. Fortunately, neither the U.S. nor Israel signed this piece of silliness. I want all options available should they become necessary.

Egypt finds massive arms cache in Sinai. But I'm sure the Palestinians in Gaza were only going to use them for self defense, right? Right?

TS Arthur makes landfall.

DNC Michigan/Florida delegate deal. Say it with me, friends: Den-VER! Den-VER! Den-VER!

Killing Her Softly. Mark Steyn takes on demographics and sex-selected abortion outside the West. As usual, he gets it right and makes a good read, if sad.

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I really would like to add some thoughtful commentary here, but I'm completely tired and I've got church in the morning.