February 21, 2013 Clear and Cold

February 21, 2013 Maryland keeps top national rankings on AP tests, Pittsburgh Police Chief resigns amid FBI probe, Stanford raises 1 billion dollars setting schools fundraising record, Ray Nagin pleads not guilty in bribery charges, Prisoner in Kentucky State Penitentiary charged with threatening Obama and his family, New York city bus drivers return to work after a month long strike, woman’s body found in hotel’s roof top water supply, Sushi houses nationally cited for fraud by offering less expensive fish than those ordered by patrons, NASA’s Curiosity rover drills into Mars and collect samples, young people nationally cutting calories slightly, New York Times to sell the Boston Globe, Google introduces Google Glass glasses that perform many of the same tasks as smartphones, except they respond to voice commands instead of fingers touching a display screen, Bank of America Chief Executive awarded a 73 percent pay increase in 2012 bringing his pay package to 12.1 million making him one of the best paid CEOs, Living Social gets 110 million boost from investors, free online courses growth boosted by foreign colleges, Hispanics and blacks have higher poverty rates than whites and Asians in Maryland and Virginia, what a shock….and the beat goes on