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Thursday 03/21/2013
The Spring Equinox
The dawning of spring comes on
different dates (from March 19-21) and different times each year for
two reasons. First, the year is not an exact number of whole days; it
takes the Earth about 365 and one-quarter days to orbit the sun
(which is why we have a leap day every four years).
Oregan homeowner shoots suspected
intruder
Police say a homeowner in the coastal
community of Hammond shot and wounded a suspected burglar. Warrenton
Police Chief Matthew Workman says an officer heard the shot Friday
night, a few minutes after dispatchers received a call from a
neighbor saying the homeowner was holding an intruder at gunpoint.
California seizes guns as owners lose
right to bear arms
Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying
40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents
assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los
Angeles. They were looking for a gun owner who’d recently spent two
days in a mental hospital.
Illegal Immigrants make commercial
demanding free healthcare
A new ad campaign has been launched to
extend medical coverage to illegal aliens in the state of
California.The California Endowment, a private foundation that
advocates for affordable healthcare, wants county-run Medicaid
expansion programs called Low-Income Health Programs to be “retooled”
to provide insurance for this population.
Americas first slave owner was a Black
man
According to colonial records, the
first slave owner in the United States was a black man. Prior to 1655
there were no legal slaves in the colonies, only indentured servants.
All masters were required to free their servants after their time was
up.
Who is Harrison J. Bounel
Who is Harrison J. Bounel? According to
the 2009 tax return submitted by President Barack Obama, he’s the
President of the United States. All nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices
are scheduled to discuss this anomaly today.
Schumer on Judicial appointees: We will
change rules and fill DC Circuit
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said
Democrats will “fill up the DC circuit one way or another,” even
it means changing the rules in the Senate to get nominees confirmed.
Google glass could one day let you control objects around you
You may eventually be able to operate
your TV, refrigerator, or garage door through Google Glass.
Published today by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, a Google patent application called "Wearable
Computer with Superimposed Controls and Instructions for External
Device" describes a technology in which a Google Glass wearer
could control a real object via a virtual display.
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