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January 17, 2012
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Oy. Tuesday.
ICYMI last Friday, the corruption trial of John Edwards has been delayed because he has a "life-threatening condition" that requires surgery.
Wikipedia, as well as some other websites that I don't care about, will shut down for 24 hours tomorrow in protest of SOPA/PIPA. Rep. Cantor announced yesterday that he would halt all movement on SOPA in the House, but PIPA is still in the works in the Senate.
A Russian tanker began refilling fuel tanks in Nome, Alaska. The town missed its last fuel barge shipment after record snows in November and would run out before the next possible shipment in April.
Speaking of record snows, Seattleites, Portlanders, and the folks in between are bracing for a mega-storm that could dump up to 12 inches in the next 48 hours. Recall the absolute cluster a few years ago after the City of Seattle banned the use of snow salt for environmental reasons. They're not putting up with that BS again.
posted by Gabriel Malor at
06:50 AM
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