- The first person to cross the finish line at the
Boston Marathon is Meb Keflezighi, an American immigrant from
Ethiopia. He’s the first American citizen to win
since 1983. - Presumably coming down from a 4/20 buzz, Attorney General Eric
Holder announced that the Justice Department is setting more
lenient guidelines for drug offenders and anticipates
“receiv[ing] thousands of additional applications for
clemency.” - Ukrainian officials claim that they possess photographic
proof that the militant separatists in the east are undercover
Russian troops. - The Boy Scouts of America revoked one Seattle troop’s charter
after finding out that their leader
is gay. - America’s hobbling economy is forcing more people to live with
their parents, but it’s not just those recent college debt slaves:
the number of
middle-aged people moving back home is surging. - First Lady Michelle Obama today waxed philosophical on food.
She
questioned, “How would you appreciate vegetables if you never
had chocolate?” Her wisdom is that “splurging is the key to
life.”
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