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Daily Five: Obama, Meet Katie The Goat

Five Things To Know For Monday, March 12, 2012

1. Today should be sunny, with a high near 60, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, there is a chance of showers, with a low around 44, according to the service.

2. Last week, in an attempt to meet Gov. Dannel Malloy. This week, the sights are even higher, as Katie is going to the White House to try to meet the president himself, according to the Hartford Courant.

Katie is owned by , head of the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone. Katie has cancer, and Burton is claiming that is responsible, according to the Courant.

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3. In a press release sent out Friday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, demanded that the industry be regulated. Delauro claims tanning beds have lead to 750 deaths in the past two years. There are also reports of tanning beds making far more people look completely ridiculous.  

4. Tonight, the Police Commission meets at 7 in the ’s meeting room, and the Board of Finance continues at 7 in .   

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5. On this date in 2009, Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to scamming investors out of $18 billion through a Ponzi scheme. And on this date in 1964, New Hampshire becomes the first state in the country to have a lottery in the 20th century.

Quote of the Day

"A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home."

-Rodney Dangerfield

Trivia of the Day

How much respect did Rodney Dangerfield get?

Friday’s Answer: Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook.   


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