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[conuly]

The Vulcan Society wins a $98m settlement against the FDNY.

I love that name. I always picture Tuvok running around in a firefighter outfit for Halloween when I hear it.

http://abcn.ws/1eP72MZ

Nearly a century ago, Einstein came up with the idea of gravitational waves. Now, in a discovery that physicists are calling "extraordinary" and "spectacular," observers at the South Pole have found the first direct evidence they exist

http://time.com/24894/gravity-waves-expanding-universe/

In City's Job Growth, Faces of the Working Poor

http://www.wnyc.org/story/citys-job-growth-faces-of-working-poor/

Ukraine cries 'robbery' as Russia annexes Crimea

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/18/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/

Biden reassures NATO after Russian "land grab"

http://reut.rs/1p8hpjM

Food stamp cuts hurt New York City stores as customers spend less on groceries
The cuts, which took away an average of $30 to $50 a month in benefits for 1 million households in the city, have also taken a toll on the local economy. Owners of bodegas and big supermarkets report that customers are getting by on less food.

http://nydn.us/OyRUNa

Fast-food protests shift focus to 'wage theft' amid push for higher pay

http://fxn.ws/1ifqaYh

NSA can listen to old, completed phone calls. This is some super villain shit.

http://wapo.st/1j10Xjn

Finnish Education Chief: 'We Created a School System Based on Equality'

http://bit.ly/1cQZFJn

The Future Of Jobs: The Onrushing Wave

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-jobs-the-onrushing-wave-2014-1

My boss shamed me for using birth control

http://bit.ly/1gte4al

Hunger crisis: Charities are strained as nearly 1 in 5 New Yorkers depend on aid for food

http://nydn.us/1fTuhto

Wyoming rejects science education standards over climate change

http://bit.ly/1g1dc1H

The allure of an old-fashioned pen pal

http://bbc.in/1kqM3Vj

Hamill: Hard-working families under more strain after food stamp cuts

http://nydn.us/1eOW3mK

Homework load little changed in 30 years, study says

http://usat.ly/1fWQkj5

School sick days could be reduced with safe drinking water

http://bit.ly/1iXQmps

This week in the War on Workers: Huge Amazon wage theft case goes to Supreme Court

http://bit.ly/1cVUuba

Comments

[crystalpyramid]

According to Matt Strassler (http://profmattstrassler.com/2014/03/17/a-primer-on-todays-events/#more-7442), it's not actually the first direct evidence of gravitational waves — it's actually another indirect measurement, since they're actually measuring polarization in other kinds of waves. Earlier indirect measurements of gravitational waves won the 1993 Nobel Prize: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1993/press.html

The article seems to get the inflationary stuff right though; definitely exciting stuff, if later data continues to support it!