- The national chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has shut down the chapter on the University of Oklahoma campus after a racist video surfaced over the weekend.
- The first attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a solar-powered plane starts today in Abu Dhabi as the Solar Impulse 2 plans a five-month journey without using any conventional fuel.
- Activists in Madison, Wisconsin protested for a third straight night over the death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of a white police officer Friday evening.
- Eurozone officials say Greece's latest proposal for a deal on a bailout falls far short of what was rejected two weeks ago, meaning Greece will most likely miss a deadline for a March cash dispersal.
- Less than a year after the European Union adopted net neutrality laws, the proposal is now facing revisions that would allow carriers to set up "prioritized, specialized services".
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
The only thing worse than watching the SAE video was listening to the CNN "reporter" citing the N-word as the principle reason it was racist. I guess racial exclusion and references to lynching are no longer racist?
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