Ana picked up the girl cat the other day, got scratched, haven't seen her since.

The cat, that is. We've seen Ana, I think. I'm not concerned so much as annoyed.

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As New York City was transformed by real estate and finance interests in the 1990s, a group of squatters on the Lower East Side waged battle for affordable housing.

http://bit.ly/1gS4wdx

The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene

So, what else is new?

http://wapo.st/1fWztg3

The independent bookstore lives!

http://bit.ly/1efAawX

Four paralysed men move their legs again after electric spinal cord stimulation

http://ind.pn/OE9lf2

Duke University researchers and other scientists are making strides in growing muscle in the lab that not only repairs itself but exhibits strength similar to that of normal muscle.

You know, all this scientific living-in-the-future progress is going to come to naught when climate change triggers the zombie apocalypse (with or without zombies) and we all die. Just saying.

http://on.wsj.com/PSaJfe

Beef prices hit all-time high in U.S.
Extreme weather has thinned the nation's cattle herds, roiling the beef supply chain from rancher to restaurant.

http://lat.ms/1mWFsp5

A New York judge Tuesday vacated the conviction of a man who spent nearly a quarter of a century behind bars for a Brooklyn slaying that occurred while he was vacationing in Florida.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/justice/new-york-wrongful-conviction/index.html

Judge says prosecutors should follow the law. Prosecutors revolt.

http://wapo.st/1qiX1ik