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Living with bears XLIV

Bear obeys bartender's command, leaves Juneau bar

Today's news round-up

Good News

• California governor signs law to raise minimum wage to $10 per hour by 2016
• Poll Shows Disapproval of Threat of Government Shutdown
• New York creates state-wide court system for helping prostitutes
• A Republican Calls Another a ‘Fraud’
• U.S. Senator John McCain takes talkathoner Ted Cruz to woodshed

Bad News

• Women in 15 nations need spouse's okay to work

Living with wild turkeys XV

Twenty-Five Wild Turkeys From Staten Island Headed For Hudson Valley Animal Sanctuary

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Russia accuses Greenpeace crew of 'piracy' in Arctic
• Mary Pickford film found in NH barn is restored
• "Dead town" in Ky. sees revival after passing gay rights ordinance
• Activists seek Montana judge ouster over lenient rape sentence

Bad News

• Pa. board nixes transgender homecoming king entry
• Rubio Withdraws Support for Gay Black Judge’s Nomination to the Federal Bench
• Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova moved to isolation
• Trans homecoming queen victim of cyber bullying

Animal headline of the day

Male Dallas Zoo gorilla to get therapy for sexist attitude

Plat du jour--guest submission

I graduated from law school in 73 myself.

Found by Joanne, another law school graduate.

Happy Autumnal Equinox!

The sun is directly over the equator, and it is now officially fall. (I guess it's the Vernal Equinox in the southern hemisphere, as they enter spring there.)