DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE - The 144,000

THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 28 * 1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans *1984 - Dustin was born * 1986 - High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident * 1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia * 1996 - Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Researchers made a battery that lasts 400 times longer * sci-sn-coral-reef-amazon-river-20160422-story.html">Reef discovered at the mouth of the Amazon

POLITICS AND RELIGION * Target getting boycotted over transgender friendly policy * Colorado Supreme Court refuses to take up cake case * It’s a eucharistic miracle! * Turkey’s parliament speaker wants an Islamic constitution * vatican-just-put-a-convicted-rapist-back-in-a-parish.html">Priest convicted of raping children has been reassigned * 6afe-5fe6-b9a9-eb94a480c5d0.html">Northern Idaho man sues Idaho DOT employee over insurance god | Via Raw Story * Two Zambians burned alive in witch hunt

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