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[Snowcone]

Harold Ramis is dead.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/actor-harold-ramis-dead-69-article-1.1699957

EGON! NO!

 

[Calliegirl]

This is a kind of scary.
If they're all happening in California there's got to be a common denominator somewhere.
California Polio-Like Illnesses Not Linked, Officials Say

 

[Calliegirl]

Guess which state this happened in?

After murder acquittal guns returned to blind man

 

[Amy SF]

Paula Deen: I’m like ‘that black football player who recently came out’

Taking a page from George "I'm the victim" Zimmerman.

 

[Moll Flanders]

The men who were found guilty of murdering a soldier in broad daylight in Southeast London by hitting him with a car and then hacking him to death last year have been given life sentences.

Lee Rigby Trial: Fighting in Court as Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale Get Life For 'Sickening' Woolwich Murder - Yahoo News UK

 

[thefadedone]

The men who were found guilty of murdering a soldier in broad daylight in Southeast London by hitting him with a car and then hacking him to death last year have been given life sentences.

Lee Rigby Trial: Fighting in Court as Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale Get Life For 'Sickening' Woolwich Murder - Yahoo News UK

Good.

 

[thefadedone]

Paula Deen: I’m like ‘that black football player who recently came out’

Taking a page from George "I'm the victim" Zimmerman.

She really needs a muzzle.

 

[Moll Flanders]

BBC News - Parents jailed over rickets baby death

I love the way these baby neglect deaths are linked with veganism.

 

[Calliegirl]

True Americans...

Man Sues McDonald's for $1.5 Million Because He Didn't Get Enough Napkins

...After the verbal disagreement, Lucas emailed the general manager of the McDonald's to say that Napkingate caused him "mental anguish," which has prevented him from working. The general manger offered Lucas free burgers, but Lucas instead decided to sue McDonald's for $1.5 million.

N.J. Honor Student Booted From Home Sues Parents for College Aid

...
Canning's father, retired Lincoln Park Police Chief Sean Canning, told the newspaper that his daughter's claims are not accurate. He says she voluntarily left home in October because she didn't want to abide by reasonable household rules, such as being respectful, keeping a curfew and doing some chores.

"We love our child and miss her. This is terrible. It's killing me and my wife. We have a child we want home. We're not draconian and now we're getting hauled into court," Sean Canning said. "She's demanding that we pay her bills but she doesn't want to live at home, and she's saying 'I don't want to live under your rules.'"...

But seriously, is the U.S. the only country where this is so common place?

 

[Blobbenstein]

look at the logo when you google 'PC World'.

edit: doesn't work now, they've put up the real logo.

 

[KLS52]

N.J. Honor Student Booted From Home Sues Parents for College Aid[/B]


But seriously, is the U.S. the only country where this is so common place?

Looks like the parents won the suit.

 

[rainforests1]

9 foods or drinks that may be harder to come by in the future:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/climate-change-foods_n_4892164.html

 

[ledboots]

"A letter sent by the director Grigoriev to Ukraine's prime minister said: ‘The Kharkiv zoo animals on the verge of starvation.’

Suppliers have been providing food for free for three months but have now refused to provide more, he said, pleading with the government for immediate action.

The country - partially invaded by Russia last week - is also on the point of bankruptcy.

A local campaigner for the zoo, Olga Sitkovskaya, said: ‘I spoke to the director and, sorry for this detail, but this clever, strong adult man burst into tears of helplessness.

Suppliers have been providing food for free for three months but have now refused to provide more.

‘The city allocates funds needed for maintaining the zoo, but Kiev redirects the money to some of its needs.

'As a result, the animals in the zoo, are in a catastrophic situation.’

‘Along with the whole country, our zoo is living through difficult and terrifying times,’ said the zoo statement.

'By Monday, we will have nothing with which to feed the animals.’

The zoo dates from the 1890s and has survived 2 world wars.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...bt-ridden-country-divert-funds-elsewhere.html

 

[ledboots]

Also http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/er-docs-touching-letter-to-patients-family-goes-viral

 

[Calliegirl]

"A letter sent by the director Grigoriev to Ukraine's prime minister said: ‘The Kharkiv zoo animals on the verge of starvation.’

Suppliers have been providing food for free for three months but have now refused to provide more, he said, pleading with the government for immediate action.

The country - partially invaded by Russia last week - is also on the point of bankruptcy.

A local campaigner for the zoo, Olga Sitkovskaya, said: ‘I spoke to the director and, sorry for this detail, but this clever, strong adult man burst into tears of helplessness.

Suppliers have been providing food for free for three months but have now refused to provide more.

‘The city allocates funds needed for maintaining the zoo, but Kiev redirects the money to some of its needs.

'As a result, the animals in the zoo, are in a catastrophic situation.’

‘Along with the whole country, our zoo is living through difficult and terrifying times,’ said the zoo statement.

'By Monday, we will have nothing with which to feed the animals.’

The zoo dates from the 1890s and has survived 2 world wars.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...bt-ridden-country-divert-funds-elsewhere.html

 

[ledboots]

I know, I feel so helpless. Like they said when I was a kid,

 

[Calliegirl]

http://www.takepart.com/article/201...re-calif-lawmaker-propose-ban-orcas-captivity

 

[Moll Flanders]

^ So sad about the zoo. I hate that so much of the news makes me feel so helpless.

I feel strongly about the Stephen Lawrence case as I grew up in South London and personally knew some of the police from the area and also people who knew the victim and also people who lived on the same street/went to school with the racist killers. There was an investigation into whether the Met (London police) were involved in corruption.

What can the Lawrence family expect from a new inquiry? - Channel 4 News

 

[shyvas]

Malaysia Airline's plane disappears from radars.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748

 

[shyvas]

Malaysia Airline's plane disappears from radars.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26492748

Update:

The Vietnamese Navy has confirmed that the airplane "could have" crashed just off an island in the South China Sea.