News of the Day 1.20.10

• Living with/out Twitter. 
• OMG. A University of Coventry study finds that 'txt spk' actually improves English skills.
• Every now and then, the 'make more babies' story comes out of Asia. This time, the source is South Korea.
• A clue to the great bee die-off may be a similar decline in plant diversity.
• Some really interesting photos from a photography project for the sight impaired.
• Newton's falling apple story, printed in a 1752 biography, is uploaded by the Royal Society for everyone to enjoy.
• With the recent sale of Cadbury to Kraft, the Beeb reflects on many British sweets makers' Quaker roots.
  
• No!! Spooks may get the BBC ax after next season.

So that Obama! musical (actually, it's called Hope)......catch this preview. Looks like it'll win over the critics. Kind of like Obama's first year in office.