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Reason Morning Links: Blasts in Baghdad, in Defense of Astroturf, Crawdad Smuggling

Radley Balko | 8.19.2009 9:00 AM


– Bomb, mortar blasts in Baghdad kill at least 75.

– AARP loses 60,000 members for its position on health care.

– Reason contributor and former intern Ryan Sager defends astroturf in the New York Times.

– Tests begin on fascinating new anti-aging drugs.

– On the rise: crayfish poaching.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.