Thousands of flights across the country have been delayed this week due to furloughs issued by Air Traffic Controllers. However, the Senate has voted to allow the Federal Aviation Administration to shift $253M worth of funds from other accounts in order remove the furloughs and allow traveling to resume as normal. [USA Today]
Earlier this morning, a fire in a psychiatric hospital outside of Moscow killed 38 patients. The 73-year old structure was completely destroyed by the blaze, and only a few people inside the building were able to make it out safely. Read it at the [NY Times]
A substitute teacher in Seoul, Korea has just been fired after slapping a student for listening to music in class. It gets worse – the teacher then proceeded to masturbate in front of other high school students. Yes, this is a true story. [Gawker]
ESPN basketball analyist, Digger Phelps has just been diagnosed with bladder cancer. Stay Strong! [Huffington Post]
Manti Teo was not selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Did his fake girlfriend scandal cost him his career? You be the judge… [Daily Mail]
