Friday's Daily Brief: Sequestration Will Prevent Creation Of Up To 1.6 Million Jobs In Next Year; Inside the Twitterverse

Friday, July 26, 2013

	TECHNOLOGY Inside the Twitterverse
	DC Lincoln Memorial Vandalized
	POLITICS What Two-Thirds Of Americans Say About The Afghan War
	POLITICS Democrats Want Yellen
	TED WEEKENDS WATCH: How A Colorblind Cyborg 'Hears' Color

BLOG POSTS

	Keli Goff: Kate Middleton Finally Does Something Useful (and It's Not Producing an Heir) In this age of 24-7 paparazzi shots, most high profile new mothers hide out until they get their figures back into photo ready mode. But Middleton didn't do that, instead showing what a real mother's body looks like immediately after birth.
	Michael F. Jacobson: Berries Over Bugs The ingredient in question is carmine. It's a red dye extracted from the dried, pulverized bodies of the cochineal insect -- an unphotogenic arthropod native to Mexico and South America with a fondness for cactus. Dannon uses carmine in four flavors of Fruit on the Bottom yogurt.
	Kia Makarechi: Huma Abedin, What We Know We Don't Know And Why It's Time To Back Off If you think Anthony Weiner is a monster for degrading his marriage, maybe you should avoid doing the same in gigantic block letters on the front cover of your tabloid.
	Suzan Haskins and Dan Prescher: Little Money For Travel? 6 Affordable Options Thinking about retiring overseas but concerned you might make a less-than-worthy choice because you can't afford to visit all the places on your wish list before you make your final decision?
	Jill Herzig: Redbook's Crazy Cover Reveal: A New Mom Who Hasn't Lost All the Weight How did we get to this ridiculous place, where losing the baby weight is a competitive sport followed by millions?