today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today… “The collapse of the Soviet system was a pretty extraordinary event, and we are currently experiencing something similar in the developed world, without fully realizing what’s happening.” – George Soros, in Newsweek (January 23, 2012) article, “George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War“

• Some guys don’t get it! “Outside advisers are urging (Rick Santorum) to pack up in Florida completely and not spend another minute in a state where he is cruising toward a loss. But Santorum insisted on Friday that he would return once he has readied his taxes for public release.” – York Dispatch

• “Miriam Moore of Columbia … today turns 105 after a lifetime of dancing and general high energy.” – MyColumbiaNews

• PRESS RELEASE: “HUGE NEWS — PA Redistricting Plan Dumped!” – VotePA.us

• Did you know: Columbia Consolidated Fire Department’s Meat Bingo was mentioned on Jay Leno’s show. National exposure.

• Is spring coming? Has a mild, almost snowless, winter tricked the flowers. Little green plants are beginning to shoot out; this may be just the evidence the ground hog needs to call for spring.

• Managing Your Health Just Got Easier: “Lancaster General Health began offering (an) electronic program last year, joining hospitals across the state and country with similar programs. More than 15,000 patients are electronically managing their health care these days through the new MyLGHealth online health program.” Read more here. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Spain: One in four unemployed – Associated Press

• Happy Spins: “In this Sept. 29, 2007 file photo, Co-host Vanna White and host Pat Sajak make an appearance at Radio City Music Hall for a taping of celebrity week on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ in New York. Sajak said in an interview on ESPN2 this week that the long-time game show duo would occasionally walk over to a nearby restaurant for ‘two or three or six’ margaritas during a break in taping early ‘Wheel of Fortune’ shows in California. Sajak has hosted the show since 1981, and White joined him a year later.” (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file) – Associated Press