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(SFGate.com) — BART service through downtown San Francisco was brought to a near-halt for much of the Wednesday, Jan. 14 morning commute after witnesses said a man jumped in front of a train at the Powell Street Station and was killed, officials said.Edit
Cities should be mandated to provide free Internet.
(N.Y. Daily News) — President Obama is supporting communities in creating their own broadband Internet networks, touting the one available in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he spoke Wednesday. He said he would use executive actions to help towns and cities that would like to set up their own networks.Edit
The FBI arrested an Ohio man who, in the name of ISIS, was plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol by opening fire with semiautomatic rifles and setting off bombs.Edit
Liam Neeson: "There’s too many ... guns out there. Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There’s over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America. I think it’s a ... disgrace. Every week now we’re picking up a newspaper and seeing, ‘Yet another few kids have been killed in schools.’"Edit
Chipotle is truly ethical about its food standards.
Carnitas is temporarily off the menu at about one-third of Chipotle restaurants, a decision made Wednesday after the company discovered an unnamed supplier had violated its animal welfare policies. Edit