It’s St. Patrick’s Day! That means
booze,
parades, and the continued controversial exclusion of gay
groups in them. Meanwhile,
in actual Ireland, same-sex couples have civil partnership
recognition and 75 percent of the citizens support extending full
marriage recognition to gays.- There was a 4.4-magnitude
earthquake in Los Angeles, which wasn’t big enough to do much
damage, but was big enough to make sure nobody in Southern
California talked about anything else for the rest of the day. A
larger earthquake hit
Chile, but did it trend on Twitter? - U.S. Navy SEALs
boarded an oil tanker to prevent a Libyan militia group from
selling the crude and returned the ship back to the country. - U.S. Army Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair has been
cleared of sex assault charges, but pleaded guilty of several
lesser offenses that revolve around an extramarital affair with a
junior officer. - Former
Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards (D), who served eight years
in prison for racketeering, is running for Congress. - A third person injured in the crash of a car last week into a
crowd at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas,
has died today. The driver faces capital murder charges for the
other two deaths.
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