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Saturday, April 23, 2016
Happy birthmonth, Bill!
The exact date of Shakespeare's birth is unknown, but it was in April. And today is the 400th anniversary of his death.
My 19th warning about Walmart
2 officers shot, suspect dead at Walmart in Phoenix suburb
Walmarts are dangerous. Stay out of them.
Walmarts are dangerous. Stay out of them.
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Virginia governor enables 200,000 felons to vote in November
- U.S. judge orders recount in Tennessee abortion vote
- Florida Supreme Court halts abortion waiting period, for now
Bad News
- Oklahoma voters to decide on return of Ten Commandments As the article says, if this vote passes it will be challenged on Federal constiutional grounds. It's a total waste of the taxpayers' money.
- Jury Acquits Sing Sing Guard Seen on Video Beating Inmate
- Report: Arizona sheriff is slow in making profiling reforms
- Bangladesh professor hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
- Turkey academics on trial for 'terrorist propaganda' Turkey is not a democracy. UPDATE: Turkey scholars freed as prosecutors seek to scale back charges
- IS suicide attack kills eight at Iraq Shiite mosque
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- How the ‘Trump effect’ could flip the Senate and With Uncertainty at Top of Ticket, Republicans Back Off in Some States
- Adam Silver: N.C. law could affect All-Star Game, Hornets future
- Navy scraps mailer over sexism accusations
- David Geffen gives $100 million to Museum of Modern Art
- U.S. Capitol replacing flag display over Confederate imagery
- Vice Media Writers Ratify First WGA Contract
Bad News
- BYU students investigated by school after reporting rape Students should not have to fear expulsion if they report being assaulted.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Retailer Target to let transgender people use bathroom of their choice
- In U.S. bathroom battles, Florida transgender student fights for equality
- Visa: new technology for chip cards to speed checkout times
- Harriet Tubman to be featured on U.S. $20 bill
- Rembrandt's earliest masterpiece coming to US for 1st time
- Creator of malware used to drain bank accounts gets 9 years
- NHL suspends Blackhawks' Shaw 1 game for anti-gay slur
- UK alerts LGBT travelers to North Carolina, Mississippi laws
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Today's news round-up
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- Prosecutors turn fire on New York prison's culture of violence
- Dementia cases in the UK have gone down in the last 20 years
- Stepmom of scalded Ohio boy who died is charged with murder
Bad News
- Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Beating Death of Transgender Woman He should have gotten a much longer sentence.
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Pearl Jam, Boston cancel N.C. concerts over anti-LGBT law
- Tennessee: Transgender bathroom bill dead for year
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti pledges to protect transgender people's rights
- New York City cracks down on 'upskirting" crimes against women
- High Desert State Prison trainee charged in 2014 shooting death of inmate
- US to Send 200 More Troops to Fight ISIS in Iraq
- Report: Islamic State Annual Revenue Down Nearly 30 Percent
- Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack near Niger border: army
Bad News
Monday, April 18, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Today's news round-up
Bad News
- British plane may have collided with drone at Heathrow, lands safely - police
- Iraqi Man Thrown Off Plane for Speaking Arabic Wants Southwest Airlines to Apologize Time after time, people are thrown off of Southwest Airlines flights because of things like 1) speaking in a foreign language 2) showing innocuous affection for a same-sex partner 3) wearing unusual (but not revealing) clothes. I will not fly Southwest.
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