Yesterday we had a fire on our block.

And tonight there are fire trucks on the block behind us, right behind our house. No sirens, though.

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Poland calls for larger U.S. military presence in eastern Europe

http://reut.rs/NCQMay

$10 an hour wages, benefits, promotions ... and it's a burger chain

http://bit.ly/1m0fD45

The End of Jobs?

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/16472/the_end_of_jobs

Turkey Moves To Block Twitter At The IP Level

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/22/turkey-moves-to-block-twitter-at-the-ip-level/

Night vision contact lenses may be an eye-opening development

http://bo.st/1iqnFCI

Visa and MasterCard block Russian bank customers

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26678145

Russian forces storm one of the last Ukrainian military outposts in Crimea

http://wapo.st/1eybvHc

Woman to be tried for still birth

http://bit.ly/1plYn9B

Gene family linked to brain evolution implicated in severity of autism symptoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140321095510.htm

Planet Fitness kicked Muslim woman out for wearing head scarf: lawsuit

http://nydn.us/1rfuXhp

4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence

http://onion.com/1ej0Amw

Scientists to Americans: This climate change thing really is a big deal

http://bit.ly/Ns0cpa

Report: Black Preschoolers Suspended More than Whites

http://time.com/33514/report-black-preschoolers-suspended-more-than-whites/

Global warming to hit Asia hardest, warns new report on climate change

http://bit.ly/1h7XMUB

Venezuela death toll rises to 34 as troops and protesters clash

http://bit.ly/1ldzsYu

Sea Snakes Does Not Drink Sea Water, Waits For Rainfall For Fresh Water: Study

http://bit.ly/1nPgXM7

Duke Energy accused of mishandling more coal ash wastewater

http://lat.ms/NF03i9

I feel all congested.

Or, as we say in my family sometimes, phlegmish, because it sounds like Flemish and when you're stuffed up, that's the sort of thing that passes for a joke.

The black and white darling is not reliably where I can find her. Annoying cat.

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Homophobe Won't March In Gay Pride Parade Because He's Welcome To

http://bit.ly/Q4oB6l

That Time Penis Bravado Caused NASA to Change its Condom Sizes

http://bit.ly/1poZhlP

Horrifying: Couple Starved Kids, Chained Them to Floor as Punishment

http://bit.ly/1jqQaPY

How Manchester’s Burgeoning Bhutanese Population Is Pursuing the American Dream

An unlikely place for immigrants from central Asia, New Hampshire is an ideal adopted homeland

http://bit.ly/1gfbSHN

A couple walking to a dance along railroad tracks in California were hit by a train, with Mateus Moore dying to save his girlfriend, Mickayla Friend. Pedestrian train accidents are rising nationwide.

http://bit.ly/Q4iJKm

Chinese telecom and internet company Huawei defended is independence on Sunday and said it would condemn any infiltration of its servers by the U.S. National Security Agency if reports of such activities by the NSA were true.

http://reut.rs/1nQDtUA

10 Insane History Lessons that Private, Religious Voucher Schools Are Teaching America’s Kids

http://bit.ly/1kV06mr

New research says our olfactory system is far more sensitive than we thought

http://bit.ly/1etW42E

Right- and Left-Handed Birds Help Their Flocks Fly Better

http://bit.ly/1eBr3d5

Global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature, according to a U.N. report due this week that will put pressure on governments to act.

Well, tell us something we don't know!

http://reut.rs/1eBqhgi

About that End of Civilization article....

http://bit.ly/1jiGN9g

Scientists ask why there are so many huge ants

http://bit.ly/1hTwqmR

Warmest Winter on Record Worsens California Drought

http://bit.ly/Q4e1wl

Joe Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Gay Rights Bill

http://bit.ly/1dn7eIr

The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded 15 earthquakes in Oklahoma since about 9:30 p.m. Friday, the largest being a magnitude 4.0.

http://bit.ly/1kUfBuG

New Drugs May Transform Down Syndrome

http://bit.ly/1ddtimc

On an Internet forum where parents sought takers for adopted children they no longer wanted, a teenager from Haiti was offered more frequently than any other girl.

Starting at age 14, Nita Dittenber was passed among four families over two years through a practice called "private re-homing."

http://on-msn.com/1gXp3Nf

At least 10 people are unaccounted for after a landslide north of Seattle that's already blamed for three deaths, a spokesman for Washington's governor said Sunday.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/23/us/washington-landslide/

India beats the odds, beats polio

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/22/health/india-end-of-polio/index.html

Storms uncover 7,500-year-old ‘drowned forest’ on Ireland’s west coast

http://bit.ly/1dn88ov

From the Middle East to the Caribbean to Australia, people around the world are dealing with water scarcity

http://bit.ly/1lenjme