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Kearney School District removes 2 gay students’ quotes from year - KCTV5

Two openly gay students in the Kearney School District say their quotes were removed from the yearbook without warning.

Kearney High graduates Joey Slavinsky and Thomas Swartz submitted their senior quotes before graduation just like every senior, but the school removed them.

“I went to find my quote in the yearbook but, nothing was there,” Slavinsky said.

Both of the teens are openly gay and they each chose a quote they found funny and inspirational.

The Kearney School District said it has reached out to the boys and their families, and said that it didn't intend to offend them.

Dear KHS Families, District administrators were made aware of concerns regarding the removal of senior quotes from the school yearbook.

Each year, graduating seniors are provided an opportunity to pick a favorite quote to be placed in the yearbook. »

North Korea says it may 'reduce the US mainland to ashes any moment'

Authored by independent.co.uk

The US mainland could be “reduced to ashes at any moment”, the North Korean government’s official newspaper has said, as tensions between the two countries continue to mount.

“It is a tragedy that the reckless and hysteric behaviours may reduce the US mainland to ashes [at] any moment,” it continued, according to KCNAWatch.

The latest threats follow days of mounting tensions between the US government and the North Korean regime. »

The Story of the DuckTales Theme, History’s Catchiest Single Minute of Music

Authored by vanityfair.com

Disney was looking for a theme song for a new animated series called DuckTales.

Mueller presented the resulting demo to the Disney music execs in person—“Mark’s really stood out,” remembers one of them, Chris Montan.

“And that was only if Disney used the song on the show and it actually aired. »

Save Error Code 418

Authored by save418.com

Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error code "418 I'm a teapot".

Luckily, you went out there and expressed your concerns regarding the ramifications of removing such a wonderful error code from the internet!

The Internet Engineering Task Force is officially working on reserving 418 . »

Almost All of FCC’s New Advisory Panel Works for Telecoms

Authored by thedailybeast.com

Carter works for the city of Santa Monica, California, where he oversees City Net, one of the oldest municipal-run networks in the nation.

Instead the FCC loaded the 30-member panel with corporate executives, trade groups and free-market scholars.

Crown Castle International Corp., the nation’s largest wireless infrastructure company, and Southern Co., the nation’s second-largest utility firm, have representatives on the panel. »