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03-17-2016, 12:34 PM
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TOP STORIES
MEET PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOMINEE Merrick Garland, a federal appeals judge in Washington, D.C., is widely considered to be a centrist candidate (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/merrick-garland-supreme-court-nomination_us_56e85c4ce4b065e2e3d788f0?75nchl2oiqh ipsc3di) who is held in high regard across the political spectrum (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/us/politics/obama-supreme-court-nominee.html). Here's how he was chosen (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-merrick-garland-president-obamas-nominee-for-the-supreme-court/2016/03/16/b63a54e8-eb86-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html) after being passed over twice. And while GOP leaders have insisted they will not consider the nominee (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/obama-republicans-supreme-court-nominee_us_56e98c18e4b065e2e3d81d08), many Republicans up for reelection have said they are open to meeting with Garland. [Cristian Farias, HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/merrick-garland-supreme-court-nomination_us_56e85c4ce4b065e2e3d788f0?75nchl2oiqh ipsc3di)]
FOX NEWS CANCELS GOP PRIMARY DEBATE After Donald Trump and John Kasich said they would be unable to attend. [Michael Calderone, HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/fox-news-cancels-republican-debate_us_56e2e0ede4b0860f99d8b2f9)]
BRAZIL IN TURMOIL OVER PERCEIVED PRESIDENTIAL SHIELDING "Protests erupted in Brazilian cities on Wednesday after President Dilma Rousseff named her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chief of staff and a taped telephone conversation fed opposition claims the appointment was meant to shield Lula from prosecution." [Reuters (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/brazil-protests_us_56ea1ab5e4b0860f99db951d)]
SEAWORLD ANNOUNCES END OF ORCA PROGRAM The theme park announced in a major shift that the company will stop breeding orcas. [Kate Sheppard, HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/seaworld-orcas-treatment_us_56e9cf43e4b0860f99db7e36)]
ISRAEL'S TOP CONCERN IN SYRIA: IRAN "The Israeli government’s priority is clear: to stop the rise of Iran as a regional power following last year’s nuclear deal and the lifting of international sanctions on Tehran. It is an approach that has increasingly aligned Israel with the anti-Iranian, Sunni Muslim camp led by Saudi Arabia." [WSJ | Paywall (http://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-main-concern-in-syria-iran-not-isis-1458207000)]
'OUT HERE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM' "The dangerous culture of male entitlement and sexual hostility hiding within America's national parks and forests." [Kathryn Joyce, HuffPost (http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/park-rangers/)]
IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR March Madness begins. Check out last-minute tips (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/march-madness-bracket-tips_us_56e1b0dce4b0b25c91810a3c?pbl8gxswn34uw61or ) for your bracket, or just copy President Barack Obama's (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/president-obama-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-selections_us_56e96ad3e4b0b25c9183f6ff). [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/march-madness-bracket-tips_us_56e1b0dce4b0b25c91810a3c?pbl8gxswn34uw61or )]
WHAT’S BREWING
THE BIG TV NETWORKS ARE HAVING A BAD YEAR Almost everything lost viewership except for "The 100" -- and if you're not watching it, you should be (we are recent converts ourselves). [Vulture (http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/2015-2016-tv-season-in-one-depressing-chart.html)]
THEY CAUGHT ONE OF THE GUYS BEHIND THE MASSIVE CELEB NUDE PHOTO LEAK "One man partly responsible for hacking the accounts of more than 100 people, including over a dozen celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer." [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/celebrity-nude-photo-hack-guilty_us_56e98b43e4b0860f99db3494?)]
CAN PRESIDENT BARTLET SAVE US (https://vimeo.com/56378248) FROM 2016? If you watch "Two Cathedrals" when you need a pick-me-up, then do we have some good news for you: Josh Malina, who starred on "The West Wing" for four seasons, just launched a podcast about the show. [Vulture (http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/joshua-malinas-west-wing-podcast-is-here.html)]
MICHELLE OBAMA MADE IT OFFICIAL: SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT Pour one out. [Variety (https://variety.com/2016/music/news/michelle-obama-sxsw-not-running-for-president-1201731698/)]
DON'T LIE You want Nike's self-lacing shoe as much as the next guy. [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/nike-self-lacing-sneakers_us_56ea274de4b0860f99db97c7)]
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WHAT'S WORKING
CHANGING HOW DOCTORS TREAT HEROIN ADDICTION "The Senate health committee on Wednesday passed a measure that would dramatically expand access to a key treatment in the effort to slow the heroin epidemic." [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/senate-amendment-heroin-suboxone_us_56e9e754e4b065e2e3d86ea3)]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Bowe Bergdahl's defense team just dropped a wealth of information (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/16/us/bowe-bergdahl-in-his-own-words.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&modref=HPInteractiveRefer&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) about the sergeant.
~ Donald Trump warns of potential "riots" (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-riots-nomination_us_56e956fae4b0b25c9183e915) if he doesn't get the nomination.
~ People would take issue with Hillary Clinton speaking quietly too (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/hillary-clinton-shouting_us_56e9aef2e4b0b25c918441e1).
~ Understandng the sheer magnitude of all those Wikipedia edits (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/wikipedia-cumulative-growth-effect/473994/).
~ The New Republic asks if an Israeli national symbol could be a fake (https://newrepublic.com/article/130814/israeli-national-symbol-fake).
~ How to Spring-ify your home (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=Houzz/10-ways-to-refresh-your-h_b_9443234.html).
~ Frank Sinatra Jr. has died. He was 72 (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/frank-sinatra-jr-dead_us_56ea18f5e4b0b25c918476d8).
~ You too can be a good runner (http://adequateman.deadspin.com/anyone-can-be-a-good-runner-1763633063?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebo ok&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow). This is the mantra we are telling ourselves before the ill-fated 10-miler next month. If The Morning Email suddenly disappears, you all know what happened.
~ When 800,000 barrels of crude oil go missing (http://www.wsj.com/articles/crude-mystery-where-did-800-000-barrels-of-oil-go-1458207004).
~ How many people are in this photo (http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/how-many-girls-are-in-this-picture?bffbmain&utm_term=.dqjEdbGv5#.uozvW9pR7)?
~ In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the last prevalent remaining Irish slur (http://fusion.net/story/280986/a-complete-history-of-the-phrase-paddy-wagon/) here in the U.S.
~ Someone answered the question of what Disney princesses would look like in Renaissance paintings (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/disney-princesses-as-renaissance-paintings_us_56e85549e4b0860f99da98fe).
~ Still reminiscing about "Snow Dogs"? Here's what it's really like to run the Iditarod (http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a19949/what-its-like-to-run-the-iditarod/).
~ Could Greece become a "refugee prison?" (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/refugees-schizophrenia-mental-health_us_56e95e74e4b065e2e3d7ef05)
~ An MIT study is lending hope to the idea that Alzheimer's patients could eventually access memories thought to be "lost." (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/03/16/alzheimers-disease-mit-lost-memories-recovered-study/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange)
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TOP STORIES
MEET PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOMINEE Merrick Garland, a federal appeals judge in Washington, D.C., is widely considered to be a centrist candidate (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/merrick-garland-supreme-court-nomination_us_56e85c4ce4b065e2e3d788f0?75nchl2oiqh ipsc3di) who is held in high regard across the political spectrum (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/us/politics/obama-supreme-court-nominee.html). Here's how he was chosen (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-merrick-garland-president-obamas-nominee-for-the-supreme-court/2016/03/16/b63a54e8-eb86-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html) after being passed over twice. And while GOP leaders have insisted they will not consider the nominee (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/obama-republicans-supreme-court-nominee_us_56e98c18e4b065e2e3d81d08), many Republicans up for reelection have said they are open to meeting with Garland. [Cristian Farias, HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/merrick-garland-supreme-court-nomination_us_56e85c4ce4b065e2e3d788f0?75nchl2oiqh ipsc3di)]
FOX NEWS CANCELS GOP PRIMARY DEBATE After Donald Trump and John Kasich said they would be unable to attend. [Michael Calderone, HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/fox-news-cancels-republican-debate_us_56e2e0ede4b0860f99d8b2f9)]
BRAZIL IN TURMOIL OVER PERCEIVED PRESIDENTIAL SHIELDING "Protests erupted in Brazilian cities on Wednesday after President Dilma Rousseff named her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chief of staff and a taped telephone conversation fed opposition claims the appointment was meant to shield Lula from prosecution." [Reuters (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/brazil-protests_us_56ea1ab5e4b0860f99db951d)]
SEAWORLD ANNOUNCES END OF ORCA PROGRAM The theme park announced in a major shift that the company will stop breeding orcas. [Kate Sheppard, HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/seaworld-orcas-treatment_us_56e9cf43e4b0860f99db7e36)]
ISRAEL'S TOP CONCERN IN SYRIA: IRAN "The Israeli government’s priority is clear: to stop the rise of Iran as a regional power following last year’s nuclear deal and the lifting of international sanctions on Tehran. It is an approach that has increasingly aligned Israel with the anti-Iranian, Sunni Muslim camp led by Saudi Arabia." [WSJ | Paywall (http://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-main-concern-in-syria-iran-not-isis-1458207000)]
'OUT HERE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM' "The dangerous culture of male entitlement and sexual hostility hiding within America's national parks and forests." [Kathryn Joyce, HuffPost (http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/park-rangers/)]
IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR March Madness begins. Check out last-minute tips (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/march-madness-bracket-tips_us_56e1b0dce4b0b25c91810a3c?pbl8gxswn34uw61or ) for your bracket, or just copy President Barack Obama's (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/president-obama-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-selections_us_56e96ad3e4b0b25c9183f6ff). [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/march-madness-bracket-tips_us_56e1b0dce4b0b25c91810a3c?pbl8gxswn34uw61or )]
WHAT’S BREWING
THE BIG TV NETWORKS ARE HAVING A BAD YEAR Almost everything lost viewership except for "The 100" -- and if you're not watching it, you should be (we are recent converts ourselves). [Vulture (http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/2015-2016-tv-season-in-one-depressing-chart.html)]
THEY CAUGHT ONE OF THE GUYS BEHIND THE MASSIVE CELEB NUDE PHOTO LEAK "One man partly responsible for hacking the accounts of more than 100 people, including over a dozen celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer." [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/celebrity-nude-photo-hack-guilty_us_56e98b43e4b0860f99db3494?)]
CAN PRESIDENT BARTLET SAVE US (https://vimeo.com/56378248) FROM 2016? If you watch "Two Cathedrals" when you need a pick-me-up, then do we have some good news for you: Josh Malina, who starred on "The West Wing" for four seasons, just launched a podcast about the show. [Vulture (http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/joshua-malinas-west-wing-podcast-is-here.html)]
MICHELLE OBAMA MADE IT OFFICIAL: SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT Pour one out. [Variety (https://variety.com/2016/music/news/michelle-obama-sxsw-not-running-for-president-1201731698/)]
DON'T LIE You want Nike's self-lacing shoe as much as the next guy. [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/nike-self-lacing-sneakers_us_56ea274de4b0860f99db97c7)]
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WHAT'S WORKING
CHANGING HOW DOCTORS TREAT HEROIN ADDICTION "The Senate health committee on Wednesday passed a measure that would dramatically expand access to a key treatment in the effort to slow the heroin epidemic." [HuffPost (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/senate-amendment-heroin-suboxone_us_56e9e754e4b065e2e3d86ea3)]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Bowe Bergdahl's defense team just dropped a wealth of information (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/16/us/bowe-bergdahl-in-his-own-words.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&modref=HPInteractiveRefer&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) about the sergeant.
~ Donald Trump warns of potential "riots" (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/donald-trump-riots-nomination_us_56e956fae4b0b25c9183e915) if he doesn't get the nomination.
~ People would take issue with Hillary Clinton speaking quietly too (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/hillary-clinton-shouting_us_56e9aef2e4b0b25c918441e1).
~ Understandng the sheer magnitude of all those Wikipedia edits (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/wikipedia-cumulative-growth-effect/473994/).
~ The New Republic asks if an Israeli national symbol could be a fake (https://newrepublic.com/article/130814/israeli-national-symbol-fake).
~ How to Spring-ify your home (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=Houzz/10-ways-to-refresh-your-h_b_9443234.html).
~ Frank Sinatra Jr. has died. He was 72 (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/frank-sinatra-jr-dead_us_56ea18f5e4b0b25c918476d8).
~ You too can be a good runner (http://adequateman.deadspin.com/anyone-can-be-a-good-runner-1763633063?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebo ok&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow). This is the mantra we are telling ourselves before the ill-fated 10-miler next month. If The Morning Email suddenly disappears, you all know what happened.
~ When 800,000 barrels of crude oil go missing (http://www.wsj.com/articles/crude-mystery-where-did-800-000-barrels-of-oil-go-1458207004).
~ How many people are in this photo (http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/how-many-girls-are-in-this-picture?bffbmain&utm_term=.dqjEdbGv5#.uozvW9pR7)?
~ In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the last prevalent remaining Irish slur (http://fusion.net/story/280986/a-complete-history-of-the-phrase-paddy-wagon/) here in the U.S.
~ Someone answered the question of what Disney princesses would look like in Renaissance paintings (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/disney-princesses-as-renaissance-paintings_us_56e85549e4b0860f99da98fe).
~ Still reminiscing about "Snow Dogs"? Here's what it's really like to run the Iditarod (http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a19949/what-its-like-to-run-the-iditarod/).
~ Could Greece become a "refugee prison?" (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/refugees-schizophrenia-mental-health_us_56e95e74e4b065e2e3d7ef05)
~ An MIT study is lending hope to the idea that Alzheimer's patients could eventually access memories thought to be "lost." (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/03/16/alzheimers-disease-mit-lost-memories-recovered-study/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange)
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