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Saturday, March 14, 2015
Happy Pi day!
A once in a century moment this morning: 3-14-15 at 9:53:26. Come to think of it, 9:53:26pm works also.
Friday, March 13, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- France increases its efforts in the fight against Boko Haram
- Uganda parliament backtracks on media purge
- U.S.-led coalition targets Islamic State in 11 air strikes: statement
- European Court Rules Turkey Cannot Make Sterilization A Requirement For Gender Reassignment
- Trans woman named head of D.C. gay police unit
Bad News
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Star Wars introduces its first LGBT character to canon
- TransUnion, Equifax and Experian Agree to Overhaul Credit Reporting Practices
- Georgia becomes the first state in the South to “ban the box” on state employment applications
- Judge OKs atheist's 'reason station' in city hall
- Oklahoma University shuts 'disgraceful' fraternity for racist video
- Ferguson city manager out after Justice Department report
- Iraqi soldiers, militiamen enter Islamic State-held Tikrit
- IS Syria-Iraq communication lines smashed: coalition
- China says IS fighters back from Syria caught in Xinjiang
- Denver officer fired after videotaped struggle with woman
- Mississippi deputy fired for remarks while playing Xbox
Bad News
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Monday, March 09, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Army eases ban on transgender soldiers
- Man trolls lawyer on Web, lawyer sues (guess who wins)
- Female Islamic State recruiter arrested at Barcelona airport
- Kurdish forces attack Islamic State west of Kirkuk
- Air strike on Islamic State-run refinery in Syria kills 30: monitor
- IS executes 20 opponents in northern Iraq: officials
- Gunmen kill more than 12 Islamic State militants in eastern Syria
- Slovenia allows same-sex couples to marry, adopt children
- The Eiffel Tower Is Now a Powerful Wind Energy Machine
- 9 foreigners unaccounted for after IS attack on oil field
- Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State: video text
- Four bombs in Nigeria's Maiduguri city kill at least 50
- Fear, violence, kidnapping: life for women under Boko Haram
- In Turkey, criticizing the president can land you in jail
- Supreme Court revives Notre Dame's Obamacare contraception objections
- Florida bans use of 'climate change' by state agency: report
- Foreigners seized by Islamic State in Libya: Austria
- Hungarians face new ban on shopping most Sundays and nights
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Sunday, March 08, 2015
Public service announcement
Set your clocks ahead 1 hour--it's daylight savings time. This way, you have an extra hour in the evening to look at the mounds of snow.
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