Rants:

Police in Milwaukie, Ore., are investigating the case of an injured dog being stuffed in a plastic bag and dumped in a trash bin. According to The Seattle Times, the dog, which didn’t have any tags or identifying markers, was euthanized by veterinarians because it sustained a major head injury.

According to MSNBC, the largest transit union in Philadelphia went on strike early Tuesday, stopping movement on the city’s bus, subway and trolley systems. Citizens have been forced to find other ways to get to their destinations.

Raves:

According to NPR, in order to cope with losing a satellite that tracks the Earth’s polar ice caps, NASA has launched a mission to monitor polar ice by plane. The space agency has been flying DC-8 aircraft over Antarctica in recent weeks and will continue to do so until a replacement satellite is ready for launch in 2015.

According to The Associated Press, Stephen Colbert announced that his show, The Colbert Report, has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team after their largest sponsor, DSB Bank, left the team after it declared bankruptcy last month.