(NEWSER) - Critics, most notably John McCain, have lambasted the latest omnibus spending bill for its 8,500 earmarks; one frequently cited provision is $1 million to fight Mormon crickets in Utah. “Is that a species of cricket or a game played by the Brits?” joked McCain over Twitter. But to residents of Grouse Creek, Utah, the Mormon crickets aren’t a joke—they’re a plague, the Washington Post reports. More»
