Reading roundup: Wounded Girl Scout, Indy Eleven, “Best in Show” dog

Coffee and newspaper for reading roundup post

Might be a good day to wear an extra layer. Temps and more snow were both falling overnight. The wind chills could drop as low as 15 below zero!

Here are 10 or so links I’ve been reading to catch you up this morning:

  • Report: A Patriots locker-room attendant tried to put an unapproved ball into the AFC title game at the center of “DeflateGate.” (ESPN Outside The Lines)
  • The Indiana Senate voted Tuesday for a change in how the Indiana Board of Education gets its chairman — which could lead to schools chief Glenda Ritz being left out. (IndyStar)
  • So great: The story of a Girl Scout who was shot in the leg as she left home for a troop meeting about cookie sales has generated a groundswell of compassion in the form of orders from across the country. (IndyStar)
  • Bill Murray had a cameo Tuesday night as the mayor of Pawnee, Ind., in the second-to-last-ever (sob!) episode of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” (HitFix)

  • Sweet look: IndyEleven unveiled their alternate jersey for the 2015 soccer season. (@ACwishtv) | The bill for an $82 million stadium is still alive at the Statehouse. (IndyStar)
  • Best in show Tuesday night at the 139th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show went to … the 15 in. beagle! (Facebook)
  • Why the Colts’ Matt Overton gave $1 to Riley Hospital for Children for every new Twitter follower he gained by Monday midnight: a little girl he befriended named Mia and the “miracle” he saw unfold before him. (IndyStar)
  • Given a judge’s order, the Obama administration had no choice but to put off sweeping executive actions on immigration that had been set to go into effect today. (New York Times)
  • Say what? Krispy Kreme apologized after a store in the United Kingdom advertised a promotion for customers called “KKK Wednesday.” (USA Today)
  • Check out my former colleague Jill Phillips’ new Tumblr blog! Her first post has great tips for parents-to-be and new parents on how to save money. (Baseball Bats and Ballet Slippers)

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What are you reading? Leave a link in the comments!

Author: Cori

Cori Faklaris (aka "HeyCori") is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Software and Information Systems, College of Computing. Faklaris received her PhD in human-computer interaction in 2022 from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. She also is a social media expert and longtime journalist, and/or "Doer of Things No One Else Wants to Do."

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