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Topic: The Story You Missed

Justin Elliott reviews the past week for under-reported stories, under-examined angles, or simply news that deserves more attention than it got. Send ideas to justin@salon.com.

Three-year-old Dean Call holds a sign as Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 11, 2012. (Brian Snyder / Reuters)

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted by military police from the courthouse after the sixth day of his Article 32 hearing at Fort Meade, Maryland, December 21, 2011. (Benjamin Myers / Reuters)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (Reuters/Ahmad Masood)

Leon Panetta and President Obama (AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Not so "dangerous" Pentagon cuts

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Relatives mourn near the bodies of children, reportedly killed in a March 15, 2006 U.S. raid in the village of Ishaqi.

Primer: The massacre given new scrutiny

President Barack Obama discusses the continuing budget talks, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in the the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Participants hold flags during the gay pride parade in Jerusalem July 29, 2010. This year's parade marks the one-year anniversary of a shooting attack in a gay and lesbian youth center in Tel Aviv, in which two people were killed and 13 were injured. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) (Reuters)

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