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Today is the day we hear one of the most beautiful phrases in the English language: Pitchers and Catchers Report! It’s the official start to baseball spring training and the surest sign that spring is around the corner.

Grand Opening Special: Freshly Baked Bread

This evening's music features Chicago bluesman and slide guitar wizard Tampa Red.

From the WSJ Obama names Joseph Clancy to lead Secret Service.

President Obama named Joseph Clancy to lead the Secret Service, elevating the agency's interim chief to become its permanent director as the organization continues to grapple with the fallout from a series of high-profile security breaches and missteps.

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News and The Beach Boys.

Doc Shows Canadian Police View Environmentalists, Not Climate Change, as Real Threat
RCMP document says 'small but violent-prone faction' of groups could pose 'a credible threat' to security

This evening's music features r&b singer Wilbert Harrison.

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News and Don Flemons, founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Cyber-Security Firm: NSA-Linked Spyware Found in Hard Drives Worldwide
Researchers with Kaspersky Lab describe what they say is "the most advanced threat actor" they’ve seen to date.

Northern Ontario

CN train carrying crude oil derails, catches fire in Northern Ontario
A Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying 100 tank cars of crude oil derailed and caught fire in Northern Ontario early Sunday morning

Twenty-nine cars jumped the tracks and seven were still on fire on Sunday afternoon.

This evening's music features blues and soul singer Johnny Adams.

Happy Preznit's Day 99percenters! (eyeroll)
Some news and Duke Robillard.

“I can hardly stand the excitement”: How Presidents’ Day became Shopping Weekend
It’s Presidents’ Day, which means ... let's go shopping? Here's who's really behind this fake holiday -- and why

The latest attack by Shia militias in Baghdad has threatened to expose the sectarian war in Iraq for all to see.

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Crooks and Liars ran a piece today about our Postal Service and efforts by outside organizations to keep it viable. It also contains much info about the roadblocks thrown at it by Congress in the last ten years, or so, that make it almost impossible

Happy Valentines Day 99percenters!
News and Sonny Landreth

Calls Grow to Reject AUMF That Permits 'Waging War All Over World'
'The devastating and costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us that when we give military authority to the executive, it should not be a blank check,' says Congressional Progressive Caucus

This evening's music features soul singer Arthur Conley.