*If Notre Dame was looking at Coach Dan Hawkins to get its program turned around, it'll have to keep looking. The Bronco coach signed a five-year contract today, according to a Statesman link passed along by Doug Burr, here.

*Colleague Erica Curless passes along a Missoulian link about a Montana legislator who's authoring a bill requiring death certificates for all aborted unborn children here.

*Ex-K-County commish Mike Anderson provides a link for Americans who don't want to explain their country's policies during trips to Europe here.

*L.C. Johnson of Moscow sends along this link here, with the note: "Obviously, these soldiers haven't been reading the U.S. press."

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