Editiorial: Casual Friday 3/19

Get the popcorn

C-Span recently uploaded every minute of its archived videos to the… Get the popcorn

C-Span recently uploaded every minute of its archived videos to the Internet. If you thought congressional budget hearing committee meetings were slow, wait until you see how long they take to buffer.

Sickeningly Sweet

As Philadelphia contests implementing a soda tax and Pittsburgh also considers a pop tax, Harrisburg is mediating the final decision. Seeking fairness, it has proposed a soda-pop tax.

Hey! Move over

Following a Jay-Z concert, police say a drunk man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with the home’s owner,the Associated Press reported. The intruder has more than 99 problems.

Cover your eyes

Because of a glitch, Time Warner Cable is apologizing to North Carolina viewers after suggestive previews from the Playboy Channel accidentally aired for two hours on two children’s television channels, according to All Headline News. Parents took notice when they couldn’t figure out which mountains Dora was exploring.

Pint-for-a-pint

Still in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, a blood drive yesterday in St. Charles, Ill., offered donors coupons for a pint of beer after donating a pint of blood, the AP reports. The reverse of this policy doesn’t work.

The Pitt Coos

After mistakenly labeling a red-tailed hawk as a peregrine falcon on yesterday’s front page, The Pitt News was flooded by letters from distraught bird enthusiasts. We really ruffled their feathers.