Long-time bureaucrat Fadden named top spy (Times & Transcript) A career bureaucrat known for cool-headed thinking is the new boss of Canada's spy agency. [News Source]

Long-time bureaucrat Fadden named top spy (CTV.ca) A career bureaucrat known for cool-headed thinking is the new boss of Canada's spy agency. Richard Fadden, currently deputy immigration minister, becomes director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service on June 27. [News Source]

Regina Hackett takes her Art to Go (Arts Journal) An elderly man entering a hospital for tests is asked about his food preferences. "I eat anything," he responds, which turns out to be untrue. He eats anything within the narrow range of what his wife serves him. [News Source]

Unnecessary pandemic pandemonium driven by media (Tiger Weekly) Influenza A (H1N1), commonly known as swine flu, has joined the list of diseases hyped up by the media. All influenza strands can be dangerous for anyone with a weakened immune system or anyone who does not seek medical care, but this virus is far from wiping out the human population. [News Source]

£800k safety bill for ex-dump (Shropshire Star) Telford & Wrekin Council is set to spend nearly £1 million to ensure safety for people living near a former dumping ground used by international chemical giant Monsanto. [News Source]

Petroleum products lower despite price rise in gasoline (Bowling Green Daily News) FRANKLIN — While gasoline prices have seen a pretty good bump lately, petroleum products still are well below what they were this time last year, prompting a lower bid for asphalt. [News Source]

Consumers have control. The recent controversy over the use of sow crates in New Zealand has come as a surprise to many people who thought that the issues Jamie Oliver highlighted about the industrial farming of animals didn't really occur in New Zealand. [News Source]

Malaysia is 26th SAFEST in the World..safer than Britain, UAE and 118 other countries (Malaysia Today) Britain was 35th: better than last year, and one position higher than Italy, but still below most of Europe and countries as diverse as Botswana, South Korea, Malaysia and Qatar. [News Source]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Defiant Or Clueless? (Fox News) CNBC's Jim Cramer: Defiant Or Clueless? [News Source]