Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that was introduced by Alaska's Congressional delegation proposing that the Anchorage Courthouse be named after the late judge James F. Fitzgerald.
A new active region of the sun is now rotating into view, and on March 2nd and 4th, it let loose two M-class flares and on March 4th also spewed out a X Class flare. This new region is designated AR1429.