28 April 2011: Morning By The Morning News — 28 Apr 2011 Last night's storms across the South killed 72 people in four states. States spar over the levee blast that could save a flood-threatened Illinois town--and destroy 130K acres of Missouri farmland. LAPD finishes analyzing backlog of 6,132 untested rape kits--some were stored for more than a decade. Rather than legalize hailing livery cabs, NYC considers a new class of non-Manhattan taxis. Marines begin post-DADT training, including what to do if you see a soldier at a gay bar. I think I'm getting out just in time. Watching the news, everything seems to be in disorder. Sendak ruminates. Seventy miles northeast of Tokyo, the factory that makes 40% of the world's computer chips for cars struggles to reopen. When you write your first book, you actually carve out a great deal of what you'll end up working with for the rest of your life. Saunders advises a former student. As schools deemphasize writing in cursive, a new generation may never even learn to read it. History of the plight of apprentices past and present--aka interns--to fight for fair rights. Science nerds rejoice as the Agulhas Leakage and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation promise a warmer Europe. An exploration into the phenomenon of people who think they can extinguish streetlamps with their presence. A third of all U.S. leprosy cases could potentially be from armadillos.
