News 9/14/10

("Good Penguin! Mommy's got a herring for you."

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• "Dude, you have no Koran." Amarillo skateboarder dude saves the Holy Koran from burning.

• Acting Governor of California does not file an appeal in the Prop 8 case as deadline passes.

• American hiker released from Iranian jail.

• Primary races in a bunch of places today.

• Castro set to fire half of all Cuban government employees and make the private sector less restrictive.

• US Federal Government takes incremental step towards extending some benefits to gay federal employees. This is a good thing and I'm very glad to see it. However, this represents only a fraction of the rights heterosexual families enjoy.

• Harry Reid schedules Senate vote on Defense Authorization Bill which contains language allowing consideration of possible repeal of DADT "some day." (Via Joe My God)