Recently, representatives of the Russian-language Wikipedia received from the Russian government a notice black-listing the Wikipedia article “Smoking cannabis”, stating it contained malicious information. It is not the first time that Russian authorities have made demands of Internet providers.

On July 28, 2012 the new Russian Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law On Protection of children from information harmful to their health and development” came into existence. This law established new federal laws and regulations involving filtering, black listing, and blocking Internet sites that are found unacceptable by government offices.

An editorial “Manheim Township ban on lunch visits a puzzler” opens: “In a move said to be aimed at student safety, Manheim Township School District next month will impose a ban on parents joining their children for lunch on school grounds. An exception can be made for National School Lunch Week, but that’s about it.

What was Dr. King doing in Memphis?

He was there to support striking sanitation workers and garbage collectors, who’d been long victimized by racial and economic inequality. The garbage collectors were attempting to join AFSCME, the American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees.

So it was both sad and ironic, on the eve of the anniversary of King’s death, when Harrisburg’s first African American mayor, Linda Thompson, announced plans to seek bids to privatize the beleaguered city’s sanitation and garbage collection operations.

PITTSBURGH TIMES-TRIBUNE: Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposal to expand health care coverage by maybe leaving an expansion of Medicaid to private insurers is flawed because private insurers charge more to run health care than the government, the chairman of the state House Democratic Policy Committee said Thursday.

“The Penn State deal is a travesty,” he wrote. “The NCAA did not impose anything. Penn State agreed to and self-imposed the penalties, waved all due process and waived any right to appeal. The NCAA had/has NO authority to impose any penalties in that situation and PSU’s president sold the school down the river!” …

FINANCIAL TIMES: Fannie Mae earned a record net income of $17.2bn in 2012 as the recipient of the biggest bailout in US history returned to sustained and substantial profit.

Krancer’s administration of the Department of Environmental Protection during the fracking boom was mired with controversy, characterized as overly friendly to the natural gas industry and hostile to regulation and enforcement. His return to Blank Rome, which lobbies for natural gas clients and was a member of the Marcellus Shale Coalition until 2013, makes him the fifth DEP secretary since the agency was created to take a job connected to the oil and gas industry…

LANCASTER, Pa. – Highly acclaimed cellist Jerome Wright will join pianist Frances Veri and violinist Michael T. Jamanis in a community concert at El Redentor and St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Sunday, April 7 at 4 p.m. This is the second performance in the Tango Torpedo concert series which is partially funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to bring world class chamber music to multi-cultural audiences of all backgrounds. The concert is free and open to the public.

HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: ..In most elections, media editorial boards interview candidates, weigh accomplishments and relative merits, and offer endorsements for readers’ consideration. For this election, we offer three key questions alumni should ask candidates to determine if they will forcefully advocate for evolutionary change from inside the board room…

“If two people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would our government stand in the way?” Casey said.

LOS ANGELES TIMES: A federal judge ruled Monday that Stockton is eligible for bankruptcy protection, over the objection of creditors who argued the city could come up with more money….

ALJAZEERA: India’s highest court has dismissed Swiss drug maker Novartis AG’s petition seeking patent protection for a cancer drug, a serious blow to Western pharmaceutical firms which are increasingly focusing on India to drive sales.