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- Make School (YC W12) gains accreditation for 2-year applied CS bachelor’s degree https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/27/make-school-accreditation/ 34 comments
- [Heart of Midlothian FC] Exactly a month after Heart of Midlothian’s 40 year-old goalkeeper Craig Gordon suffered a double leg break in a challenge with Dundee United’s Steven Fletcher, the Scotland international is back in the gym with his cast removed from his leg. https://twitter.com/JamTarts/status/1617961146107195392?s=20&t=ZCkLl1ppJ7lRHwddUvtxAg 25 comments soccer
- A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/france-fighter-jet-ejection-scli-intl/index.html?fbclid=iwar3zsiih6n4hrd8wtwmorvrxkwd6n9xvsm7lvs09djhnu7hza-91lmlfoeo 9 comments nottheonion
- Browns sign Karl Joseph to his one-year contract worth $2.5 million after his surgically-repaired foot checks out https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2020/04/browns-sign-karl-joseph-to-his-one-year-contract-worth-25-million-after-his-surgically-repaired-foot-checks-out.html 31 comments nfl
- [Passan] Third baseman Miguel Sano is in agreement with the Minnesota Twins on a three-year contract extension, a source familiar with the deal tells ESPN. It includes a club option for the 2023 season and will buy out two year sof free agency. https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1215804226091261954?s=19 30 comments baseball
- Report: Vancouver Canucks F Brock Boeser eyeing four-year, $28M deal https://www.tsn.ca/report-vancouver-canucks-f-brock-boeser-eyeing-four-year-28m-deal-1.1354385 269 comments hockey
- Two men have been arrested over the brutal rape of a seven-year-old girl in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh amid massive public anger | Hundreds of people have been out on the roads demanding justice for the victim, who is still in hospital with grievous injuries including stab wounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-44657769 18 comments worldnews
- Rand Getlin on Twitter: "I'm told CB Brent Grimes has agreed to terms on a two-year deal worth $16.5M with the #Bucs." https://twitter.com/rand_getlin/status/708349099444023296 250 comments nfl
- Sol Campbell stays in Premier League with one-year Newcastle deal http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/28/sol-campbell-newcastle-premier-league 17 comments soccer
- Crystals brought back by astronauts show that the Moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought | After an ocean of magma cooled down, the lunar crystals formed at least 4.46 billion years ago https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1005078 33 comments science
- Humanoid robots could generate $154 billion in revenue over next 15 years, Goldman Sachs reports https://interestingengineering.com/culture/humanoid-154-billion-business-in-15-years 195 comments futurology
- Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian court https://apnews.com/article/dbc03c1ada0f2c93e3cadc2657447c48 7 comments worldnews
- [Football Daily] Pep Guardiola on the competition between Manchester City and Liverpool: "The toughest opponent I've ever faced in my twelve, thirteen years as a manager." https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1500549253332193286?s=19 534 comments soccer
- [James Pearce] The academy is certainly paying its way. Departure of Harry Wilson means over past 5 years #LFC have generated £120m in sales from youngsters they have either brought through the ranks or snapped up from other academies before taking them to next level https://twitter.com/jamespearcelfc/status/1419923054147346457?s=21 305 comments soccer
- $427bn a year lost to tax abuse by firms and rich individuals, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/20/427bn-a-year-lost-to-tax-abuse-by-firms-and-rich-individuals-study-finds 10 comments panamapapers
- Biden, in forceful speech, says Trump can't stop violence because he has 'fomented' it for years https://news.yahoo.com/biden-trump-cant-stop-violence-153108746.html 14 comments politics
- A Chinese man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Seoul court for murdering his daughter after his new girlfriend blamed the child for two miscarriages https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3086926/chinese-man-sentenced-22-years-jail-south-korea-after-murdering 8 comments worldnews
- This Downturn Could Be Worse Than the Early 1930s — We could experience in months what took three or four years to unfold after the 1929 stock market crash. Things are going to be very bad unless we see some serious structural reforms. https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/coronavirus-united-states-economy-recession-unemployment 31 comments politics
- Hungary to create $2 billion anti-coronavirus fund partly from taxing banks. Hungarian banks will be expected to pay 55 billion forints ($163 million) in the fund this year, with multinational retailers adding 36 billion forints. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-hungary-fund-idukkbn21m0c1 9 comments worldnews
- Breastfeeding linked to lower ovarian cancer risk. "Mothers who breastfed their children for more than 12 months each had a 34 percent lower risk. Importantly, this benefit of breastfeeding lasted for at least 30 years after a woman stopped breastfeeding". https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2763398 8 comments science
- Trump taps longtime GSA watchdog as coronavirus relief inspector general: Brian Miller spent nearly 10 years as the inspector general of the General Services Administration. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/brian-miller-gsa-watchdog-coronavirus-164273 6 comments politics
- [Jumosq] Wade Phillips had 49 years of coaching experience. The Los Angeles Rams' head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator now have a combined 31 years coaching between them. The oldest coach of the three is Brandon Staley, 37, who was a DIII coordinator in 2016. https://twitter.com/JuMosq/status/1215818448313303040 45 comments nfl
- [Rosenthal] Sano deal with #MNTwins, per source: Three years, $30M. Salaries totaling $27M in first three years, then a $14M club option with a $3M club option for a fourth. First with agreement: @JeffPassan. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1215817824817635328?s=19 5 comments baseball
- Hundreds walked blindfolded behind the visually impaired in Bengaluru. This is the sixth year of the walks. The aim of the walks is to increase empathy - and also to raise awareness about eye donation. https://www.ndtv.com/bangalore-news/hundreds-walked-blindfolded-behind-the-visually-impaired-in-bengaluru-2115224 6 comments india
- Astronomers discover that all disk galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter their size or shape. Lead author: “Discovering such regularity in galaxies really helps us to better understand the mechanics that make them tick.” http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/all-galaxies-rotate-once-every-billion-years 1613 comments science
- Iran jails US national for 10 years for spying http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40622899 5 comments worldnews
- The Lakers scored a total of 115 in their win, the most by any team at #NBASummer this year! https://twitter.com/nba/status/886453313528528896 11 comments nba
- 13 years ago today - Jenson Button claimed his first F1 podium http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/f1-when-jenson-button-claimed-his-first-podium-finish-in-formula-one-on-this-day-in-2004/story-30217707-detail/story.html 9 comments formula1
- Trump may not last a year, his Supreme Court shouldn't last generations http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-judiciary/324611-trump-may-not-last-a-year-his-supreme-court-pick-shouldnt 27 comments law
- Mourinho: Do you know when Bayern start winning the title each year? In the summer when they buy Dortmund's best players. http://www.marca.com/futbol/premier-league/2017/03/20/58cff5b5e5fdeaa9058b4570.html 457 comments soccer
- Chicago Fire sign Bastian Schweinsteiger to 1 year $4.5m contract. https://twitter.com/fireconf/status/844032611974569985 14 comments soccer
- Clinton: ‘What kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year?’ http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/clinton-criticize-trump-taxes-229054 238 comments politics
- Jonathon Nicola, high school star and NBA prospect, turns out to be 30 years old http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/border-officials-arrest-man-who-was-attending-windsor-high-school-as-a-teen 1281 comments nba
- 7 year old signs his football jersey, gifts it to J.J. Watt http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=nflnation&id=154324&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F%22%7D&ex_cid=sportscenterfb 6 comments sports
- Why The Container Store Pays Its Retail Employees $50,000 A Year http://www.businessinsider.com/the-container-store-pays-employees-50000-a-year-2014-10 4 comments politics
- Cowboys Award 6-Year, $108 Million Extension To Super Bowl–Watching Quarterback Tony Romo | The Onion http://www.theonion.com/articles/cowboys-award-6year-108-million-extension-to-super,31936/ 54 comments sports
- "With state budgets buckling, American teachers are facing the erosion of tenure protection, employee benefits, and other job protections that they fought for and won years ago." http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/23/american-teachers-under-attack/ 3 comments economy
- 65 years after Hitler's death, US still has 50 thousand troops stationed in Germany and Teachers getting laid off in the United States... yeah, remember, the place where our country exists. We can't help the world if our country is weak. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110302/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_us_airport_shooting 35 comments politics
- KDE Developer's Journals - What happens to KDE now that Nokia has jilted QT? "Qt is there to stay under the current Free Software licenses, and the quality it gained in the recent years will also remain at KDE's service." http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/4394 5 comments linux
- Paris flat unopened for 70 years http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/10/paris-flat-unopened-for-70-years/ 6 comments reddit.com