Today's news roundup--not much today

Good News

• Nigeria's neighbours band together to fight Boko Haram
• Fox is bringing Gotham back for a second season I don't watch all that much television. However, I do like this show.

Headline of the day

Volunteer Fire Department Loses Van, Equipment In Fire

Today's news round-up

Good News

• High court to hear gay marriage cases in April
• Cafe's ban on kissing Austrian lesbians sparks protest It's good there's a protest.
• Chad army vehicles head for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram
• Russia gives green light for transgender drivers to stay on the road

Bad News

• Boko Haram survivor told not to search for children, 'we killed them'
• Boko Haram’s use of girl suicide bombers intensifies amid terror campaign
• Islamic State kills 17 in Syria after hit-and-run attacks
• Russia says Mohammed cartoon publication illegal
• Denver Bakery Hit With Religious Discrimination Complaint For Refusing To Make Obscene, Anti-Gay Cake

Animal headline of the day

Giant beaver captured at Phoenix-area lake

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Arizona passes law requiring students to pass civics test Arizona has passed a lot of crazy laws in recent years, but this one I like. I'm constantly amazed how many people have no idea how our government works. No wonder so few people vote.
• Judge: Michigan must recognize 300-plus gay marriages
• New Laws Are Making Public Bathrooms Safer for Transgender People
• Justice Dept. unveils new guidelines for US news leak probes
• Islamic State group losing ground in symbolic Kobani battle
• Army opens grueling Ranger jobs to women
• Malian 'hero' of Paris attacks gets French nationality
• Nigerian troops 'repel Boko Haram attack'
• Governor of Michigan Vetoes Bill on Guns

Bad News

• Turkey vows to thwart 'Mohammed insults'; Turkey blocks Charlie Hebdo websites as anger rises in Islamic world
• Boko Haram: Satellite images point to scorched-earth rampage
• Syria militants execute woman for 'adultery': monitor

Public service announcement

Tomorrow estimated income taxes are due, at least in the U.S.

Living with coyotes XXIX

NYC Cops capture coyote in park basketball court

Today's news round-up.

Good News

• Austria detains teenage girls who wanted to marry IS fighters It's good they were caught.
• Germany arrests suspected Islamic State militant after return from Syria
• Indiana couple arrested after video shows handgun in toddler's mouth These two should not be raising children.

Bad News

• Firebombing at German paper that ran Charlie Hebdo cartoons
• Egypt student gets 3-year jail term for atheism

Micro movie review

Wild: Tame.