Gas Explosion in Harlem, Obama to Change Overtime Rules, Ukraine’s Head Visits U.S.: P.M. Links

  • She's the Green Party's problem now.At least two people were killed
    and more than a dozen injured when a
    a gas leak in Harlem caused an explosion
     that destroyed
    two buildings.
  • President Barack Obama reportedly will announce tomorrow that
    the federal government is
    expanding
    the number of salaried employees who qualify for
    overtime.
  • Ukraine’s interim prime minister is visiting
    Washington, D.C., today as Crimea prepares for a secret referendum
    this weekend that will give voters a choice between joining Russia
    and breaking off as an independent state. Remaining part of Ukraine
    is not one of the choices.
  • Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
    will not  try to run for a third term
    by challenging the
    applicability of the state’s term limits. Brewer could have argued
    that she has not actually served two terms, because she took
    over as governor in 2009, when Janet Napolitano joined the Obama
    administration.
  • George Zimmerman’ parents are
    suing Roseanne Barr
    for tweeting their home address, prompting
    them to go into hiding.
  • Glenn Ford, who spent 30
    years behind bars and on death row
    in Louisiana for a murder he
    did not commit, is now a free man.

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