Senator Tom Harkin won’t run for re-election, giving the GOP an opportunity to pick up a Senate seat in Iowa.

The Obama administration is stepping up enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act, a.k.a. the law that brought us the subprime mortgage crisis. (via Stephen Kruiser/PJ Media)

Researchers at IBM invented an antimicrobial hydrogel that kills drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. (via Instapundit)