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The disk of the Milky Way Galaxy disk may actually be rippled.
Two ringlike structures of stars wrapping around the Milky Way's outer disk now appear to belong to the disk itself.
The results, outlined in a new study, show that the disk is about 60 percent larger than previously thought. Not only do the results extend the size of the Milky Way, they also reveal a rippling pattern, which raises intriguing questions about what sent wavelike fluctuations rippling through the disk.
The researchers said the likely culprit was a dwarf galaxy. It might have plunged through the Milky Way's center long ago, sparking the rippling patterns astronomers have now detected for the first time. [When Galaxies Collide: Photos of Great Galactic Crashes]
Roughly 15 years ago, Heidi Newberg, an astronomer at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and her colleagues found a group of stars beyond the disk's outermost edge. The so-called Monoceros Ring is about 60,000 light-years from the galactic center (just beyond where the disk was thought to end at 50,000 light-years).
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http://www.space.com/29270-milky-way-size-larger-than-thought.html
School serves burned burritos covered with melted plastic for ‘healthy’ lunch
PHILIPPI, W.Va. – Think you’ve seen the worst of awful school lunches? Think again.
Several students and parents shared photos of their recent disgusting cafeteria lunch at West Virginia’s Philippi Middle School.
They featured a severely burned burritos covered in melted plastic.
“They were eating plastic and the chemicals that melted with the plastic, that’s not good,” says Sherie Bolton, a grandparent of a Philippi student.
“I think this was something they weren’t used to making so they just burned them and rather then choosing to throw them away and remaking something else, because of what was on the menu that day, they served them.”
The whole thing has administrators apologizing and saying cafeteria employees will receive “training.”
http://eagnews.org/photo-school-serves-burned-burritos-covered-with-melted-plastic-for-healthy-lunch/
Georgia Sheriff allegedly shoots woman in model home, refuses to explain
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Investigators are hoping to get more answers Monday a day after a sheriff is accused of shooting a woman.
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill shot and critically injured the woman inside a model home Sunday night, according to police. But when officers arrived at the Atlanta-area subdivision, Hill declined to provide any information on what happened.
“He refused to cooperate and give any statement,” Sgt. Brian Doan with Gwinnett police said.
The woman, who worked inside the model home, was shot in the abdomen and taken to an area hospital, according to police. Her name was not released.
“She’s not able to give any information due to her condition,” Doan said.
Officers were called to the home on a report of an accidental shooting, according to police. Hill was released from the scene while the investigation continued late Sunday. Officers planned to execute a search warrant at the home, Doan said.
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http://www.wokv.com/news/news/national/deputies-clayton-county-sheriff-involved-shooting/nk8Sy/#__federated=1
House committee OKs anti-union bill to strip dues deduction
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An anti-union bill approved by a House committee Thursday sets the stage for a high-profile legislative fight between business and organized labor, even as many lawmakers have said they'd rather focus on the state's $1.6 billion budget shortfall.
The vote split mostly along party lines, with one independent joining Republicans to support the bill on a 9-6 vote. Democrats were united in opposition to the bill, which would bar unions from automatically collecting dues from the paychecks of firefighters, police officers and teachers.
"We're gonna publicize the hell out of this," said Steve Monaghan, president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers. Other labor leaders threatened to target lawmakers during elections next fall.
Debate in the House labor committee followed the contours of a broader national battle between business and labor — even though Louisiana is a right-to-work state where workers can opt out of unions.
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http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/House-committee-OKs-anti-union-bill-to-strip-dues-6234318.php
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Carly Failurina sez Senator Warren is "Wrong about Crony Capitalism"
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina on Saturday said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was utterly mistaken on her strategy for dealing with government favoritism of corporate interests.
“Crony capitalism is alive and well,” Fiorina said during National Review’s NRI Ideas Summit in Washington, D.C.
“Elizabeth Warren of course is wrong with what to do about it,” she told host John Fund.
Fiorina, a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, said Warren had tackled the issue by pushing for more government regulations. That approach, she argued, was doomed to fail.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/240869-fiorina-warren-is-wrong-on-crony-capitalism
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