- President Obama visited a Wal-Mart in
northern California to make a speech about energy. Labor activists
showed up to protest. Former Labor Secretary
Robert Reich and other labor activists criticized the president
for his choice of venue. - Speaker John Boehner announced his appointments to fill the
Republican seats on the House select committee on
Benghazi, filling it with lawyers. Democrats have not announced
any appointments or whether they will make any. - Nigerian military commanders had advanced warning that Boko
Haram militants were on their way to raid a girl’s boarding school
in
Chibok, according to an Amnesty International report, but
couldn’t raise enough troops to respond and left. - At least 20 pro-Russian militants were killed in
Mariupol, Ukraine, according to government security forces, who
say the rebels occupied a police headquarters. - Prosecutors in South
Korea want to arrest the owner of the ferry company that
owned the ferry that sank in April on charges of cargo
overloading. - The 2014 NFL Draft began yesterday, with the Cleveland
Browns drafting quarterback Johnny Manziel at
#22.
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