The Daily Populous

Tuesday May 22nd, 2018 evening edition

image for Publix wouldn't write Summa Cum Laude on graduation cake due to profanity, SC family says

"He did not know we were getting a cake because he's not a big cake eater.

So we were all standing there waiting to see it and when we opened it, it was a huge shock to all of us," said Cara Koscinski.

She explained how she ordered the 3/4 inch sheet cake online through Publix.

But when she requested the bakery include Jacob's honor, she was alerted that profane or special characters weren't allowed.

"The website had censored me and this is a website that you can refer to for the Latin term for Summa Cum Laude which means highest honors," she said.

"The cake experience was kind of frustrating and humiliating because I had to explain to my friends and family like what that meant.

ABC News 4 reached out to Publix to find out why the website confuses this honor with a profanity. »

Senators Demand FCC Answer for Fake Comments After Realizing Their Identities Were Stolen

Authored by gizmodo.com

Senators Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, and Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, are among the estimated “two million Americans” whose identities were used to file comments to the FCC without their consent.

“We encourage the FCC to determine who facilitated these fake comments,” the letter continues.

“While we understand and agree with the need to protect individuals’ privacy, we request that the FCC share with the public the total number of fake comments that were filed.”. »

Vaccination method that wiped out smallpox gets unleashed today on Ebola

Authored by arstechnica.com

The same strategy was critical during the campaign in the 1960s and ‘70s to eradicate smallpox—the only human disease that has ever been successfully wiped out.

On the vaccine virus, the protein can prompt the human immune system to develop protective responses against the real Ebola.

“Implementing the Ebola ring vaccination is a complex procedure,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said in a statement. »

Trump Hints At Plan To Create 'Space Force' As Sixth Military Branch

Authored by npr.org

Trump Hints At Plan To Create 'Space Force' As Sixth Military Branch.

Trump previously floated the idea of a space corps in March in a speech to military members in California.

The creation of such a force would mark the first new military branch since the Air Force was established in 1947. »

Kendrick Lamar interrupts white fan saying the N-word on stage

Authored by dailymail.co.uk

Fan backlash is mounting over an incident at a Kendrick Lamar concert, which some are calling a set-up intended to humiliate a fan for publicity.

Poll Do YOU think Kendrick Lamar invited a white fan on stage to sing a song that includes the N-word as a publicity stunt?

Yes No Do YOU think Kendrick Lamar invited a white fan on stage to sing a song that includes the N-word as a publicity stunt? »