NO PEANUTS AT BALLPARK?

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Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowds. Buy me some peanuts?

The most iconic snacks of baseball are being banned from the Indianapolis Indians' home game. The peanut-free game is a first for the Class AAA team, part of Peanut Allergy Awareness Night, but these fans are not alone.

The Boston Red Sox have scheduled four peanut-allergy-friendly games. The Milwaukee Brewers will be playing six. The New York Yankees will also have peanut-free suites at two professional ball games.

NEWS QUICKIE

ANEMIC US ECONOMY
Strong dollar, shipping snags and cold weather dampened activity as economy grew at anemic 0.2% pace in Q1.

IMMIGRANT REMOVALS DECLINING
US to deport the fewest number of immigrants in nearly a decade.

INDONESIA EXECUTES AUSTRALIAN DRUG DEALERS
Australia recalls its ambassador after Indonesian authorities executed two Australian drug traffickers.

NEW POWER IN SAUDI ARABIA
King removes his half-brother from the post of crown prince, and elevates his nephew and son to positions.

US AND VIETNAM RECALL IMAGES WHEN SAIGON FELL

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PARENTAL CONTROL

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We nominate this brave and determined Baltimore riot mom for our top Mother of The Year 2015 candidate.

She saw her kid on the streets of Baltimore, so she went out to take him home and in the process, she showed him some tough love.

Forget US National Guard. Deputize MoM Police and send in mothers. VIDEO: Angry mom beats son suspected of rioting in Baltimore on live TV http://abc7.com/684791/ via @abc7

https://www.facebook.com/foxandfriends/videos/853034338117497/

Raw: Woman Confronts Baltimore Protester https://youtu.be/dUS7GRlAnlM via @YouTube

SUPER HERO DAY

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Super heroes date to the early 1900's They include such folkloric heroes as Robin Hood and Zorro, who adventured in distinctive clothing.

NEWS QUICKIE

YOUNG BALTIMORE BLACKS CRASH AND BURN
State of emergency curfew declared as National Guard restores order, while local cops tactics are under scrutiny.

WAITING FOR HELP AFTER NEPAL EARTHQUAKE
International aid on the way to Kathmandu valley, while distribution of the food is expected to finally begin.

WILL FED BANK BOOST BENCHMARK?
Fed policymakers are hinting on hiking the Fed's benchmark rate for the first time since 2006.

SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS GAY MARRIAGE
Oral arguments over US Constitution giving same-sex couples the right to marry in all 50 states in the union.

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NEPAL NEEDS HELP

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Victims need shelter, fuel, food, medicine, power, volunteer workers. Nepal's earthquake-hit capital is short on everything as friends and family members search for lost loved ones, and sort through rubble for their belongings, but the international community must provide basic needs.

The United Nations is rushing critical supplies to Nepal in the wake of the devastating earthquake that has reportedly killed more than 3,000 people and injured thousands more on Saturday, and pledged that it ready to provide any assistance needed to help survivors through these difficult times.

SELFISH TRAGIC ACTIONS

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Selfies are taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. These so called selfies are often shared with friends, or on social sites. They are usually flattering and made to appear casual.

Selfies are in vogue, but perhaps these should be saved for happy moments like vacations, adventures or celebrity sightings.

NEWS QUICKIE

NEPAL KILLER QUAKE
International rescue workers fear the Nepal quake casualty count could pass 3,700.

COLORADO THEATER SHOOTING TRIAL BEGINS
The trial of James Holmes, who killed 12 people inside a packed Batman movie premiere finally begins.

FREDDIE GRAY FUNERAL
Thousands attending services of a man who died in the custody of Baltimore police.

STARBUCKS SNAFU OVER CASH REGISTERS
Registers that once rang up bills and stored cash now collect volumes of data and carry out multiple tasks.

TSARNAEV'S LIFE LINE

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GLOBAL CIVILITY?

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Unfortunately 90 percent of news content is controlled by handful of media giants. This is one of the main reasons to diversify your information sources.

Journalists are complaining about this across the board at many online, print and broadcast outlets. Our news aggregate website, DOSE OF NEWS: www.doseofnews.com is finding too much bad news lately. Here is a sample.

Baltimore Freddie Gray protests turn violent as police and crowds clash http://gu.com/p/47p9y/stw

West, South Side shootings leave 1 dead, 5 wounded http://fw.to/ih4NLHR

AIR POLLUTION CAUSES BRIAN DAMAGE

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Investigators from the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have published their findings in the journal Stroke.

Exposure to elevated levels of air pollution was associated with smaller total cerebral brain volume, a marker of age-associated brain atrophy, and with higher odds of covert brain infarcts.

These scientific findings suggest that air pollution is associated with insidious effects on structural brain aging even in dementia- and stroke-free persons.

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