Extra, Extra

Slow Wheels of Justice: “The settlement agreements with the Pentagon, announced Wednesday, bring partial closure to a case that has dragged on for twenty years and become mired in legal gridlock. Many family members of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the September 11, 2001, attacks want the 9/11 defendants put to death, but as a trial became increasingly unlikely, plea bargains were widely viewed as the only way to resolve the case.” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11, agrees to plead guilty.

+ Where Have All the Gouda Times Gone: Gouda is known for Gouda. That seems like a safe statement. But climate change is changing the reality of what’s safe. NYT: Can Gouda’s Cheesemakers Stall a Sinking Future?

+ Cold Snapped: Gouda isn’t the only place experiencing unusual weather. Antarctic temperatures soar 50 degrees above norm in long-lasting heat wave. Still, bring a coat. “The heat wave comes in the middle of the Antarctic winter, so temperatures are still hovering around minus-4. Still, the Antarctic temperature anomaly is the largest on the globe, according to weather models.”

+ Comic Sans Traffickers: “Law enforcement personnel worked undercover posing as sex buyers in a bid to identify and contact potential trafficking victims, and posted undercover advertisements soliciting sex to hone in on sex buyers, prosecutors said in a news release.” 14 arrested at Comic-Con in anti-human trafficking sting in San Diego.

+ Blush with Greatness: “Nicolic’s findings suggest that blushing ‘is a consequence of a high level of ambivalent emotional arousal that occurs when a person feels threatened and wants to flee but, at the same time, feels the urge not to give up.'” Karaoke reveals why we blush. (Now scientists just need to figure out why we Karaoke.)