A.M. Links: Obama to Address Gender Wage Gap, UConn Defeats Kentucky, Human Ken Disses Human Barbie

President Obama is expected to address the gender
income gap today, while critics are likely to point out the gender
wage gap among
White House employees.
Army investigators say they believe
Ivan Lopez’s rampage at Fort Hood was a reaction to being
denied leave and not due to mental illness.
Number 7 ranked
University of Connecticut won the NCAA national championship
against the University of Kentucky, on whose fans police in

Lexington used tear gas.
A Dutch climate economics professor has left the United Nations

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, calling the panel’s
latest report “alarmist and apocalyptic.”
Police in
Ukraine have removed pro-Russian demonstrators from government
buildings across the eastern portion of the country, while
government officials blame Russia for instigating protesters.
Justin Jedlica, the “Human
Ken,” and Valeria Lukyanovca, the “Human
Barbie,” met for a photo shoot for GQ magazine. Ken called
Barbie a “drag queen” while Barbie blamed “race mixing” for an
increase in plastic surgery.
Today is the last day
Microsoft is providing official support for the Windows XP
operating system.