We might have some good news!

But I won't share it until it is 100% in the bag.

The snow today is gorgeous. Eva was marveling at it, and I pointed out that when I was a kid, we got snow every single year. "I wish I had been around in your generation!" I didn't explain that when I was a kid, we were sick of snow by February. Why ruin it?

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For Descendants Of Brazil's Slaves, A Quest For Land

http://n.pr/1j7x4kW

How Many Die From Medical Mistakes In U.S. Hospitals?

http://n.pr/1cr2i0X

Cut in Food Stamps Targets Benefits Paid in Northeast, West Coast + Mich, Mont, Wisc & DC

http://bit.ly/1iS1ZSl

At some schools, snow day is no day offline

Of course, the students most likely to not have consistent Internet access today are still the poorest ones, something not noted in the article. So they fall further behind when it comes to snow and sick days while their wealthier peers keep up with lessons?

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79144729/

Several cybersecurity initiatives lost after Snowden's NSA leaks

http://lat.ms/LJ6sst

Study: US abortion rate lowest in four decades

http://alj.am/1ie2a73

John Kerry labelled 'anti Semite' for warning of possible boycott of Israel

http://bit.ly/1dXkFrN

Apparently McDonald’s Thinks Its Employees Have Swimming Pools and Nannies

http://ti.me/II8sPo

Life after Jan. 1: Kentucky clinic offers early glimpse at realities of health-care law

http://wapo.st/1i8FbKC