A public transit-style guide to the evolving Obama and Romney positions on gay marriage. (Embiggen.)

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Of course the MPAA doesn't want people to see Bully. If people stopped turning a blind eye to bullying it would no longer exist.

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• Newt Gingrich calls President Obama's remarks on Trayvon Martin shooting "disgraceful" and "appalling"; George Zimmerman leaves voicemail message for supporter Frank Taaffe: "I am very sorry for the loss of your son"; Jeb Bush says "stand your ground" law does not apply to Zimmerman.

• Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim nominated by President Obama to head World Bank; here's a video of Dr. Kim performing a sci-fi hip-hop rendition of "Time of My Life"; World Bank board considering two other nominees.

Read This:

• President Obama's campaign team marks two-year anniversary of Affordable Care Act by launching initiative to take back "Obamacare."

• White House responds to petition asking that it take petitions seriously.

• Rick Santorum retracts remarks suggesting he would rather have Obama as president than Mitt Romney.

• African Union sending 5,000 troops to South Sudan on mission to capture Joseph Kony.

• Psst...hey you...yes, you...wanna buy Variety?

The Other:

• NewsFeed: Prescription Pills, iPods and Live Bait: There’s a Vending Machine for That.

• Tea x Time List: 5 Ways to Beat Old-School Games Using Math.

• Above: Map of US counties where alcohol is still banned, somewhat banned, or neither. (via.) 

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• VP Joe Biden says he told President Obama not to execute Osama bin Laden raid.

• Federal budget deficit down slightly,
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Infographic of the Day: Using geo data from photos uploaded by users to Google's Panoramio, Sightsmap generates an interactive heatmap of the most frequently photographed spots around the world.

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Infographic of the Day: According to ProPublica, which is tracking opposition to and support for SOPA and PIPA among members of Congress, yesterday's blackout managed to persuade many politicians to come out against the Internet killing bills.

As hope-affirming as that is, it's important to note that support for PIPA remains strong i

National Forest Map of the Day: And while we're on the subject, here's an informative infographic called the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset, which, according to Woods Hole Research Center scientist Josef Kellndorfer is "the largest high-resolution map of forest biomass yet assembled."

A collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, the national forest map was assembled using sa