Sunday, December 7, 2014

Links For Pearl Harbor Day

For the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, here is a bit of history, and some things in the news today:

From Business Insider, photographs from Pearl Harbor during the attack.

From Seattlepi, survivors of the attack gather to remember.

From Bloomberg Politics, American racial divisions have worsened during the Obama presidency.

From Fox News, as typhoon Hagupit hits the Philippines, three people have been reported dead, while over 900,000 have been evacuated.

From Skift, autistic children are given a chance to rehearse travelling on an airplane.

From BBC News, a Taliban leader has been turned over to Pakistan.

From NBC Chicago, several churches in Chicago have made plans for after-service protests.

The Rowan Free Press asks if tiny houses could "help lift Salisbury, NC out of poverty."

From Breitbart TV, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) calls Common Core a "bait and switch".

From CNET, a taxi driver in India has been arrested for the alleged rape of a woman who booked her ride using the online service Uber.

From Twitchy, a feminist likens skeptics of the recent Rolling Stone rape story to people hypothetically denying that the Titanic actually sank, and gets rebutted.

From CBS Sports, the four playoff contenders for the NCAA football national championship have been announced.

From the NWF Daily News, the executive director of the Okaloosa County (Florida) Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge faces trial for bringing hyenas into the county.

And from Yahoo, the show Saturday Night Live spoofs Al Sharpton.

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