Welcome back! Warm up in front of the screen with some recent news and items of interest:
- NPR recaps President Obama’s speech on data collection and the NSA
- Craziness: for the first time in more than 20 years, there are no judicial vacancies on the DC Circuit (ABA Journal)
- A federal judge has rejected the concussion settlement between the NFL and the player’s union, fearing that it will inadequately compensate retired players (ESPN)
- Is controversy maven Courtney Love leading us to a better way to handle defamation in the Twitter Age? (Businessweek)
- A man purposefully crashed into a convenience store, went in, grabbed a banana from a shelf, ate it, and left. He is at large. (AP)
