Reason Lunchtime Links: Jobless Claims Up, L.A. Fires S&P, Tobacco Industry Sues FDA

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  • Jobless claims rise by 9,000. Obama says he has a jobs plan. 
  • Morgan Stanley warns the U.S. is now "dangerously close" to another recession.
  • The city of Los Angeles fires credit rating agency Standard & Poors from one of its contracts. The Justice Department, meanwhile, is investigating S&P's pre-financial crisis mortgage security ratings. 
  • Christine O'Donnell doesn't like Piers Morgan's questions about gay marriage, walks out on interview. 
  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry now says his executive order mandating a cervical cancer vaccination for sixth-grade girls was a mistake. 
  • Big tobacco sues the FDA over graphic new warning label requirements. 
  • The GOP's presidential candidates are not fond of the EPA. 
  • DARPA plans to grant $500,000 in "seed money" to study the feasibility of sending humans to another starsytem. 

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