(http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/shelter-dogs-in-new-pbs-series-help-massachusetts-county)
Still includes the Social Security numbers and addresses of more than 21 million former and current government employees.
A gauge of home-builder sentiment this month rose to its highest level since November 2005, a sign the U.S. housing market is shaking off worries about the global economy and volatile financial markets.
(http://www.wsj.com/articles/home-builder-confidence-rises-1442412330)
Comedian and recently departed “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart pushed Congress Wednesday to renew a bill compensating the first responders who exposed themselves to illness in their response to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
(http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-stewart-embarrassed-at-congress-treatment-of-911-responders)
Nearly 1,000 years after his death, the remains of a young man have been found wrapped in the root system of an ancient beech tree in Ireland.
The 215-year-old tree was uprooted during a violent wind storm near the town of Collooney, in the northwestern part of Ireland, revealing the skeletal remains of a man who died in the medieval period.
(http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/fallen-tree-reveals-medieval-irish-skeleton-in-its-roots-1.2563950)
“Ahmed Mohamed’s avoidable ordeal raises serious concerns about racial profiling and the disciplinary system in Texas schools. Instead of encouraging his curiosity, intellect, and ability, the Irving ISD saw fit to throw handcuffs on a frightened 14 year-old Muslim boy wearing a NASA t-shirt and then remove him from school.”
A music company’s demand that YouTube take down a 29-second home video of two children dancing to a song by Prince backfired Monday when a federal appeals court used the case to make it harder for copyright-holders to act against brief, non-commercial uses of their material.
Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KfJHFWlhQ)
Source (http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Demand-that-mother-remove-home-video-from-YouTube-6503900.php)
The court said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave unconditional approval of the insecticide sulfoxaflor in 2013, even though it was clearly toxic to honeybees, and the manufacturer failed to conduct required tests of its impact on not just adult bees, but also brood and colony strength.
The EPA violated its own rules and procedures, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision said. And in an unusual move, it took the added step of overturning the EPA’s approval because “given the precariousness of the bee populations,” leaving the insecticide on the market would create greater environmental risks than pulling it.
(http://www.startribune.com/court-revokes-epa-approval-of-insecticide-harmful-to-bees/326524291)
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