I'm doing a lot of baking today.

[conuly]

Quick - what's your favorite type of cookie? I am in the mood for lots of sweet things.

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Deep South Deep Freeze: Buses sent to pick up stranded motorists

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/us/winter-weather/

24 more bodies found at Dozier School for Boys than official records indicate; total currently stands at 55

http://on.wtsp.com/LnXO2u

Energy companies continue utility shutoffs as bitter cold hits Detroit

http://bit.ly/1dNGDNK

Solar Wind Creates Water in Star Dust

http://bit.ly/1fmMSNu

U.S. Representative Michael Grimm was caught on a television camera saying to a reporter, "I'll break you in half," after he was asked in an interview about a federal investigation into campaign finance violations.

http://bitly.com/1d7Cnsw

More anti-Semitism in Europe. The comments were pretty bad last night, full up on trolls.

http://bit.ly/M4MaJG

Alabama Looked The Other Way As Prison Staff Habitually Raped Women, Demanded Sexual Favors, DOJ Finds

http://bit.ly/Lllp3M

French parents in panic over warning of lessons that 'boys can be girls'

http://bit.ly/1fbUkIQ

Congress secretly approves U.S. weapons flow to 'moderate' Syrian rebels

http://reut.rs/1e78YVm

Midwestern farmers harvesting solar power

http://grist.org/news/midwestern-farmers-harvesting-solar-power/

Your shiny makeup is brought to you by child laborers

http://grist.org/list/shiny-makeup-child-labor-mica/