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Yes leaving because Bambi has to watch sportscenter and can’t be bothered until after hoops.

[SevenofNine]

Well FLA state basketball play today at 4pm est so maybe after the game that on regular tv CBS

[reagandemocrat]

What are Zero’s March Madness brackets?

[maggief]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/crimea-crisis-deepens-as-russia-and-ukraine-ready-forces-live-updates

6.22pm GMT

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke on Saturday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, a US official told Reuters, Asked about rumors some U.S. military units had been on alert over turmoil in the Crimean peninsula, the official said the U.S. focus was on diplomatic options.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/01/ukraine-crisis-usa-military-idINDEEA2008D20140301

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/03/01/mass-conn-governors-oppose-military-cuts/53yS6DG5D80gCTICVxiPGJ/story.html

BOSTON (AP) — The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are stepping up calls on President Barack Obama to scale back the proposed shrinking of the Army National Guard.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Connecticut’s Dannel Malloy and Rhode Island’s Lincoln Chafee joined 44 other governors who sent a joint letter to Obama expressing strong opposition to a plan to reduce the forces from 358,000 nationwide to 315,000.