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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (Photo: AP via Newsday)
Augusta National Golf Club ends male only membership
Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters golf tournament, finally ended an all-male policy that had endured for 80 years when it announced today that two women would be admitted as members for the first time.
Former US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and financier, Darla Moore, will become the first women to don the renowned green jackets when the Augusta, Georgia, club re-opens for a new season in October.
Augusta National’s status as male-only has drawn criticism for years. Ahead of this year’s Masters tournament in April, President Barack Obama weighed in on the matter, saying through a spokesman that he believed women should be admitted.
“This is a joyous occasion as we enthusiastically welcome Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore as members of Augusta National Golf Club,” club President Billy Payne said in a statement.
Payne, who has refused in the past to speak publicly about membership matters, did not directly address the gender bar issue in his statement, saying only that it was a “significant and positive time” for the club and that Rice and Moore were subjected to the same review as other candidates.
Shark Teeth Have Built-In Toothpaste
The dense, flat, crushing teeth of sharks contain fluoride helping to keep their impressive mouths clean and free of cavities and other problems.
Image credit: Corbis
Policemen hit an antigovernment protester with wooden sticks during a demonstration against President Benigno Aquino’s state of the nation address in Manila Monday. Mr. Aquino said in the speech that the country is moving to expand its military capabilities. (Photo: Noel Celis / AFP-Getty via The Wall Street Journal)
The suspect apprehended in the mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater has been identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. Twelve people died and at least 50 others were injured in the shooting during the new Batman film The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo., early Friday Morning. …
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Donna Tam at CNET responds to a new poll suggesting user satisfaction for Facebook may be in a downward spiral. The report suggests users are increasingly dissatisfied with the Zuckerberg network, while competitors such as Twitter and, remarkably, Google+ fared better.
Here, what you should know about Facebook’s plummeting user satisfaction.
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Map of the underwater Internet
We love maps which show the infrastructure behind the internet. This map by Nicolas Rapp for Fortune Magazine shows the underwater cables which connect the internet globally. Check out more of the maps from this project.
