This is a weekly roundup of national and international news articles about Deaf individuals and Deaf-related events and concepts. The aim is to give a slightly Deaf perspective on the journalism and story. This week: Purple Communications, Ohio and the Deaf Jurist Situation, autocaptions on youtube, and ASL poetry nights in Brooklyn.

Former Purple video interpreter (Gina) shares perspective on Maria-Datastar-Purple subject from Ryan Commerson's Blog at: http://signcasts.com/node/260.