R&D: John Murtha’s Death, Obama’s Relations with the EU, and the State of the Obama Presidency

Here is your R&D top five for February 9th:

Veteran congressman’s death adds to Barack Obama’s woes from the Guardian

Obama and EU: Shedding Rose-Colored Glasses from the Council on Foreign Relations

President Obama Day 386: What’s happened to him? from the Los Angeles Times

Sudan: Hague Court Attacks Prosecution Evidence as ‘Weak,’ ‘Unreliable’ from AllAfrica.com

In landslide, Costa Rica elects its first woman president from the Boston Globe