Today's news round-up

Good News

• 3 Calif. students charged with hate crime expelled
• Ex-teacher to be re-sentenced in Montana rape case

Bad News

• Death threats stop gun store from selling 'smart' gun. Why?
• NYC Bus Driver Caught On Video Texting While Driving
• Embrace of Atheism Put an Indonesian in Prison

Thugs still at it off Somalia

Somalia: Pirates Flee Captured Dhow as EU Naval Force Applies Pressure

It's been quite a while, but it's still happening.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Interpol, Philippines bust cyber extortion network
• LA NAACP head resigns over move to honor Sterling
• 55 US schools face federal sex assault probes
• Greenpeace Russian tanker activists held in Netherlands
• N.Y.U. Law School Trustee Whose Company Subpoenaed Students Is Stepping Down
• Judge orders treatment for Ohio transgender inmate
• Trans students assured protections in DOE guidance
• Students At Smith Protest The College’s Refusal To Admit Transgender Women
• Indonesia: Transgender Islamic school reopens its doors
• Fired Lesbian Police Chief Gets Outpouring Of Support From Tiny South Carolina Town

Bad News

• French court blocks gay woman from adopting partner's child born by IVF
• Boy Scouts refuses to re-hire me because I’m gay, says 19-year-old
• For transgender service members, honesty can end career

Animal headline of the day

Sweden fire turns cans of rotten fish into exploding missiles

Today's news round-up

Good News

• UAW can still unionize Volkswagen Tennessee plant after failed drive: experts
• Facebook to Let Users Limit Data Revealed by Log-Ins Regardless, I will still avoid using Facebook sign-ins whenever possible. I don't particularly want Facebook to know what I'm doing elsewhere. 

Bad News

• Al Feldstein, who headed Mad magazine, dies
• Reports: Abducted girls married to Nigerian rebels
• Senate Republicans block Obama bid to hike minimum wage

Another Staten Island Republican in trouble

For Politician, an Indictment Looms, and So Does a Campaign for Re-election

And not just any Staten Island Republican. He represents the same district as Vito Fossella!

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Clippers stage silent protest to owner While it has not yet been proven that it was the owner who said these things, apparently his team is convinced. If it is determined he said it, he should be forced to sell the team.
• Abbas calls Holocaust 'most heinous crime' It's good to see an Arab, Muslim leader affirm the history of the Holocaust.
• Tennessee policeman fired after photos show him choking student

Bad News

• Turkey expands secret service powers Turkey is not a democracy. It should not be admitted to the EU.
• 4 US TV shows ordered off Chinese websites