Daily Five: Samurai Hijack, PEEPS Voting, New Look

1. A pleasant Easter morning, with sunshine in the morning and increasing clouds in the afternoon, with a high temperature of 50 degrees. Periods of rain are likely in the evening, when the temperature falls to 43 degrees. Sunrise is 6:33 a.m., sunset is 7:13 p.m.

2. The New London Patch and other sites in the region are going to get a new look this week. Learn more in this article.

3. It’s the last day to vote in our Easter PEEPS contest! Cast your vote for your favorite one of the submitted scenes.

4. Have any good Easter pictures? Add them to the Pics & Clips gallery.

5. How often do you see a plane hijacked by people wielding samurai swords? That happened on this day in 1970, when nine members of the Japan Red Army hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 351 and demanded to be flown to North Korea. The hijackers were given asylum in North Korea and no one was injured in the incident.

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