links for 2011-01-07

• Chinese mystery snails new menace to Owasco Lake
  The zebra mussels, Asian clams and blue-green algae in Owasco Lake have a nasty new neighbor: Chinese mystery snails.
• Gates outlines plans to cut $78 billion in programs, 70,000 troops – News – Stripes
  Defense officials will slash $78 billion in program spending and begin cutting up to 70,000 soldiers and Marines as federal budget officials tighten the purse strings on military spending.
• Repealing Obama Health Care Act Will Add Billions to Deficit
  As a result of changes in direct spending and revenues, CBO expects that enacting H.R. 2 would probably increase federal budget deficits over the 2012–2019 period by a total of roughly $145 billion

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