Today's news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• First gender-neutral restroom opens at Los Angeles school

Bad News

• Cops: Dad's stranger-danger test scares teens into 911 call Dad is stupid, stupid, stupid.

Recent news round-up, Part 2

Good News

• Judge: No evidence of crimes in recordings of abortion group
• University of California drops prison investments amid student demands Divestments like this don't really hurt the companies, but the symbolism is good. There should be no private prisons.
• France passes bill banning 'excessively thin' models
• American Commandos Hit the Ground in Syria

Bad News

• Transgender Arkansas inmate denied right to sue prison-court
• Virginia county closes schools as Islam assignment prompts backlash It was a stupid thing for the teacher to do, but the reaction was way out of proportion.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Vice digital editorial staffers join union
• Michael Sam makes Canadian Football League debut
• Uganda gay pride party after tough law overturned

Bad News

• Trump defends 'blood' comment about debate moderator One would think that someone now in politics would want to be politically correct.
• 5 women accused of being witches beaten to death in India

Recent news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Now playing: Harpsichord of Columbus' era sounds again
• All NY colleges to adopt 'yes means yes' sex assault policy
• Florida State University president backs decision to boot quarterback
• Biden to hail gay marriage ruling in NYC appearance
• L.A Unified takes on sexting with education campaign, not punishment
• CVS quits powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce in dispute over tobacco lobbying

Bad News

• Report: Number of US heroin users rose 300,000 over a decade
• Broadway theatergoer tries to recharge phone in onstage plug
• Another Impostor Caught Posing As Studio Teacher: “My Daughter Was Scared”

Today's news round-up, Part 1

Good News

• Parents call cops on teen for giving away banned book; it backfires predictably I've got some news for these parents: It's not illegal to give (or sell) books to children without their parents' permission.
• Judge denies NFL linebacker's request in revenge porn case
• Senate sustains Obama veto of bill gutting union rules

Bad News

• Michigan voters defeat tax increases for road work

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock announces resignation
• Spain finds Don Quixote writer Cervantes' tomb in Madrid
• Turkey holds suspected Syria-bound UK woman
• D.C. bill banning conversion therapy for minors becomes law 
• Judge to Erie Co. Sheriff: Turn over cell phone spying documents

Bad News

• Myanmar court jails New Zealand bar manager, colleagues for insulting religion
• Iraq's Tikrit offensive stalled by IS bombs

Recent news round-up

Good News

• Chelsea suspend two more fans in Paris racism probe
• Boko Haram hit by Chadian assault in NE Nigeria: residents
• Islamic State hit with 15 air strikes by U.S.-led coalition: U.S. military
• Nigerian warplanes bomb Boko Haram forest training camps: military
• European jihadis unable to join Islamic State, locked at home
• NY: Court: State Law Trumps Local Limits on Sex Offender Homes
• Finland: President signs gender-neutral marriage law

Bad News

• Giuliani: Obama Had a White Mother, So I’m Not a Racist I don't know which is the bigger idiot: Giuliani or Donald Trump.
• Three UK schoolgirls 'travelling to Syria'
• Boko Haram fighters kill 21 people near Nigeria's Chibok

Animal headline of the day

Rare monkey eaten by otters in accident at British zoo

The article also contains one of the most stupid statements I've seen in a long time:

The zoo's director of conservation Christoph Schwitzer said despite their best efforts, keepers are unable to prevent unforeseen accidents.

Yesterday's news round-up

Good News

• Revenge-porn website operator convicted in San Diego
• Oregon strippers lobby for better work conditions
• Nigeria claims Gamboru, four towns recaptured from Boko Haram
• UN Security Council demands Islamic State hostages freed

Bad News

• School suspends boy for alleged Hobbit Ring invisibility threats I would not want to be a child in school today, or to be the parent of one.
• Toddler shoots father, pregnant mother at New Mexico motel Another idiot with a gun. She should not be in charge of children.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Italy court recognizes child born to gay couple for first time
• U.S. court upholds NY state vaccination requirement for students
• Official's threat to keep name out of print backfires badly Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter. He really needs to learn something about the First Amendment. UPDATE: Official says he was wrong to ask that his name not be used 
• Netflix says it wants to stream 'The Interview'
• Foie gras back on menu in California

Bad News

• Assailant stabs transgender woman after melee on Muni bus

Correction of the day

An earlier version of this article misstated the location of the Hudson Valley. It is in southern New York, not western.

From the New York Times

Animal headline of the day

Dog turns on stove, which then sets laptop ablaze

Who would leave a laptop on a stove? Who would leave anything burnable on a stove?

Question of the day

Why is the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority putting in Wi-Fi and cellular service on the subway platforms while broadcasting police announcements advising passengers to hide their electronic devices?

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Obama strengthens gay, transgender workplace rights
• Friend of accused Boston bomber found guilty of obstructing justice

Bad News

• Pakistani elders forbid fleeing women from collecting food aid
• Malaysia Airlines plane diverts from Ukraine to Syria The people running the airline are idiots. Nobody should fly with them.

Semi-random thoughts

• Fresh Direct sends an e-mail after they pack your order, listing the quantity ordered and the quantity being delivered for each item, the exact weight for the pay by weight items, etc. My current e-mail states that I ordered 2 red peppers, but they're only going to deliver 1.95.
• I just put in my application for a Medicare Advantage plan. Even though my prescription costs will be higher, I estimate I will be saving around $10,000 per year (after taxes) over my current individual health insurance.
• From the Jumping the Gun Department: An e-mail from McAfee with the subject "Renew Your McAfee Security Today" says "Security Expires Soon." My subscription expires on March 16, 2014.

Animal headline of the day

Goats invade airport to prevent fires

"Invade" is hardly the right word.

Just what we don't need

Pride Guide 2013: Pride Ride

We don't need a bunch of drunken people doing a pub crawl on bicycles. I don't care if they are LBGT.

Semi-random thoughts

• Happy coincidence: We have tickets to see Andris Nelsons conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra playing the Verdi Requiem at Tanglewood this summer. They recently appointed him their next Music Director.
• I see that the "open wheel" Indy race cars do not have such open wheels any more. They are now allowed to have fenders in front and behind the rear wheels. The front wheels are still fairly open. However, there are small, curved, vertical extensions at the end of the front wing, and there are little wings low to the ground, not that far back behind the front wheels. 
• Following up on this, I just got an email addressed to "Dear << Test First Name >>,".

Today's news round-up

Good News

• American tourist gang-rape: India police arrest three men
• Georgia OKs "GAYPWR" but bans sex acts, guns - on license plates
• Jobless claims fall, labor market gradually improving
• California bullet train project lurches ahead as contractor chosen

Bad News

• Teen Punished for Stopping a Knife-Wielding Bully From Attacking a Student
• Paris student dead after skinhead attack

This is so wrong

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