CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRESS in Tennessee.

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TAR. FEATHERS. “We’re the federal government,” Mountain Pure’s comptroller, Jerry Miller, says one pistol-packing fed told him. “We can do what we want, when we want, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

NANNY STATE UPDATE: Australian Officials Take Germophobia Too Far, Try To Ban Kids From Blowing Out Birthday Candles.

LOWER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: A warning to college profs from a high school teacher. “I have some bad news for you. In case you do not already see what is happening, I want to warn you of what to expect from the students who will be arriving in your classroom, even if you teach in a highly selective institution.”

CASUALTIES MOUNT IN THE WAR ON PUBIC HAIR: Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries Increased Over Past Decade, Study Finds.

Math literacy, however, has not increased over the past decade, as the story contains this howler of a passage: “And, researchers found that the injuries weren’t only — or even mostly — in women. In fact, only 56.7 percent of those presenting with the injuries were women, the study said.” So at the HuffPo, 56.7% isn’t mostly. Uh huh.

TRANSLATION: THEY’RE COUNTING ON THEM TO LIE: Biden: We’re counting on ‘legitimate media’ for successful gun control effort.

NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Artificial molecular machine synthesizes a small peptide.

Also: Toward molecular fabrication: formation of distinct bond types by STM.

A TEACHABLE MOMENT for an anti-gun DJ.

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VIDEO: A full-auto mini-gatling slingshot gun. “As you know, I love weaponizing Black & Decker tools.”

LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: Law Grads Need Salaries Greater Than Two-Thirds Of Total Loan Debt If They Are To Make Ends Meet.

ARE LEGAL PROCESS OUTSOURCING FIRMS eating Biglaw’s lunch? “Water runs downhill. There is a lot of money to be made by making law more efficient and affordable.”

HISTORY: Rudy Giuliani and Henry Reed.

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CHAINGING STORIES: Menendez inconsistent on visits to donor’s Dominican Republic villa.

Related: Menendez Donor Hides Private Jet Flight Path Data from Public.

GUNS AND HOME DEFENSE: Newburgh resident fends off three armed burglars with loaded shotgun. “Police say three masked men with handguns entered a home on South Plank Road in the Town of Newburgh Sunday evening, threatened the residents and demanded money, but were ultimately driven away by a shotgun-wielding resident of the home.”

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NEWS YOU CAN USE: Couples who drink together stay together: Divorce less likely if husband and wife consume the same amount. Plus: “The divorce rate was 13.1% among couples where the husband drank more than the wife. However it was double that when the wife was the heavier drinker.”

AUDIO: Sarah Palin at Chris Kyle’s funeral.

DO THE BEST LAWYERS HAVE FIRST-RATE BRAINS? OR FIRST-RATE SLOW BRAINS?

YES, THIS IS A GLOBAL CURRENCY WAR.

BRYAN PRESTON: Heroes, Villains, Stormtroopers and More Photos from the 2013 Dallas Sci-Fi Expo.

DAVID RIVKIN AND ANDREW GROSSMAN, IN THE WSJ: Gun Control and the Constitution: The courts would no more allow government to undermine the Second Amendment than the First.