Reason Morning Links: New GOP "Contract," Deadly Year in Afghanistan, World Poverty Shrinks

Radley Balko | 9.21.2010 9:08 AM

• 2010 now the deadliest year for NATO since the war in Afghanistan began.
• Even with global recession, population of humanity living in absolute poverty expected to shrink to 15 percent, down from 42 percent a decade ago.
• Campaign finance watchdog says Christine O'Donnell "clearly a criminal," used campaign funds for personal expenses.
• GOP to unveil a new "Contract With America" this week.
• FDA debates the fate of genetically modified salmon.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.