Hasta La Gadget!

Stop the XL Pipeline, Mr. President! said over 40,000 people concerned about climate change at the February 17th Washington DC Forward On Climate Rally, reports Jamies Henn at 350.org. Many thousands more turned out at several other rallies across the US. If you still have your signs, plant them on your lawns, in your windows and elsewhere – and keep them there til the pipeline dies!

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It’s CP3’s world and his teammates are just dunking in it.

Chris Paul was named MVP of the 2013 NBA All-Star Game after leading the West to a 143-138 win over the East in Houston on Sunday night. The Clippers’ point guard scored 20 points and handed out 15 assists in a masterful performance. Paul joins Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas as the only players in All-Star history to notch such a 20/15 performance, according to TNT. Paul also contributed

Kevin Durant scored 19 points in the first half and seemed a frontrunner for MVP honors in the case of a West win but Paul took over the game down the stretch, dissecting the East defense to set up his teammates and create his own shot. The 27-year-old, six-time All-Star scored or was credited with an assist on 15 of the final 24 points scored by the West as it held off the East.

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COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska utility says the new route for a proposed oil pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through the state will delay work on electric transmission lines for the pipeline.

Nebraska Public Power District officials said they won’t be able to build the transmission lines by the deadline TransCanada set for the end of 2014.

NPPD Chief Operating Officer Tom Kent said there’s no way the transmission lines will be ready by 2015, the Columbus Telegram reported (http://bit.ly/12WrOrZ).

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Note: Do not read on if you have not not seen the Season 3 finale of “Downton Abbey.”

“Downton Abbey” fans are likely still reeling over the fact that Matthew Crawley is dead.

Of course those who heard the news of Dan Stevens’ departure from the UK period drama or those who’ve been spoiled by fans on the other side of the pond who watched the Season 3 finale months earlier may not be surprised right now. But after watching, do you think it’s possible that Matthew’s death is a good thing for the show?

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Shortly after he was elected governor in November 2010, John Kasich told lobbyists they needed to get on “the bus” now that he was driving it, lest they be run over.

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