2015-02-01 U.S. Spotlight

National Geographic   

How the Fight Against Ebola Tested a Culture's Traditions   
National Geographic
To stop infected bodies from spreading the disease in Sierra Leone, health officials persuaded local leaders to change how villagers mourned. Ibranhim Kamara and his coworkers pray over the freshly covered grave of daughter, in the. Ibranhim Kamara and ...

2015-02-01 U.S. Health

Voice Chronicle   

Californian Lawmakers Want To Increase Smoking Age To 21   
Voice Chronicle
Californian officials want to pass a legislation which will increase the legal minimum age for smoking from the current age of 18 to 21. State Senator Ed Hernandez is alarmed by how many teenagers have taken up smoking, which is why he has helped to ...

2015-02-01 U.S. Science

Maine News   

Much-Publicized Discovery by BICEP2 Team flawed   
Maine News
Researchers with the European Space Agency have confirmed that last year's biggest discovery of the gravitational waves, considered as an evidence of the Big Bang, was with some flaws due to the error in measurement because of cosmic dust. The ESA ...

2015-02-01 U.S. Sports

ESPN   

JJ Watt 1st unanimous winner on D   
ESPN
PHOENIX -- NFL Defensive Player Of The Year J.J. Watt is a unanimous selection as The Associated Press NFL Defensive Player Of The Year for 2014. [+] Enlarge Watt. Scott Halleran/Getty Images J.J. Watt was a unanimous selection as The Associated ...

2015-02-01 U.S. Entertainment

USA TODAY   

Bobbi Kristina Brown 'alive and breathing'   
USA TODAY
Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was found unresponsive in a bathtub Saturday, almost exactly three years after the legendary singer died in a tub. A spokeswoman for the Roswell, Ga., Police Department, officer Lisa Holland, said Brown ...

2015-02-01 U.S. Technology

Washington Post   

Verizon Wireless to allow customers to opt out from mobile ad program   
National Monitor
The program using “supercookies” has been criticized for allowing advertisers to track users' web behavior. Verizon Wireless has relented to criticism from privacy advocates – including members of Congress – and is allowing customers to opt out from a ...

2015-02-01 U.S. Business

euronews   

China Posts Disappointing Factory, Services Data for January   
Wall Street Journal
China's economy got off to a weak start in 2015 as a gauge of factory activity recorded its first contraction in more than two years in January and the usually strong services sector grew at a slower pace. Analysts said the data, released by the National Bureau ...

2015-02-01 U.S. U.S.

U-T San Diego   

Romney not running: Former GOP nominee out of 2016 race   
U-T San Diego
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he will not run for president in 2016.
Romney a no-go in 2016; GOP newcomer 'may have a better chance'   Los Angeles Times
GOP Campaigns Scramble to Add Romney Donors   New York Times
With Romney out in 2016, race for GOP donors really begins (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Fayetteville Observer   
Washington Post   
Columbus Dispatch   
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KATU   

Rescuers seek 3 fallen climbers on Mount Hood   
USA TODAY
MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — A search and rescue effort was underway Saturday after three climbers fell on Mount Hood, officials said. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said two of the climbers were injured in the fall near near the Hogsback area, a popular ...

2015-02-01 U.S. World

BBC News   

Japan wakes up to bad news about Keiji Goto   
BBC News
Japan woke up early on Sunday morning to the news of the death of Kenji Goto, whose apparent killing was shown in a video released by Islamic State militants. Many first learned the sad news on Twitter, as they did when the hostage situation broke initially, ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Spotlight

New York Times   

Can Students Have Too Much Tech?   
New York Times
PRESIDENT OBAMA's domestic agenda, which he announced in his State of the Union address this month, has a lot to like: health care, maternity leave, affordable college. But there was one thing he got wrong. As part of his promise to educate American ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Health

SFGate   

Marin County sees its first measles cases; San Mateo adds one   
SFGate
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Measles cases in California soar   CNN
More than 100 cases of measles now confirmed in US   AsiaOne
More measles cases found in California   STLtoday.com
TucsonSentinel.com   
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New York Times   

Vaccine Critics Turn Defensive Over Measles   
New York Times
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Their children have been sent home from school. Their families are barred from birthday parties and neighborhood play dates. Online, people call them negligent and criminal. And as officials in 14 states grapple to contain a ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Science

New York Times   

Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang   
New York Times
Scientists will have to wait a while longer to find out what kicked off the Big Bang. Last spring, a team of astronomers who go by the name of Bicep announced that they had detected ripples in space-time, or gravitational waves, reverberating from the first ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Sports

New York Times   

Tiger Woods Struggles in Worst Round of His Career   
New York Times
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Watching Tiger Woods launch wildly errant drives was hard. Watching his ground-ball chip shots was harder. But the hardest part of watching Woods's career-worst round Friday at the Phoenix Open was seeing the greatest golfer of his ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Entertainment

E! Online   

Val Kilmer Undergoes Emergency Surgery for Throat Tumor: Reports   
E! Online
Val Kilmer is said to be recovering after a major health scare. The Tombstone star was rushed to UCLA Medical Center on Monday night after he started bleeding from his throat and ended up undergoing emergency surgery to treat a tumor, TMZ reported ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Technology

Slate Magazine   

Verizon Won't Stop Tracking Users, But At Least You Can Opt Out Now   
ReadWrite
The saga of last year's privacy controversy over Verizon's user-tracking behavior continues on. The latest chapter involves the wireless carrier magnanimously deciding Friday to let subscribers opt out of the program, The New York Times reported. Not that the ...

2015-01-31 U.S. Business

Washington Post   

Why McDonald's should be afraid of Shake Shack   
Washington Post
Shake Shack, the little New York burger joint that began 14 years ago in a hot-dog cart, just became a $1.7 billion behemoth. At its stock-market debut Friday morning, an investor burger binge doubled Shake Shack's share price, sending its stock past $48 a ...

2015-01-31 U.S. U.S.

New York Times   

Etan Patz Trial Starts, 35 Years After Boy Disappeared on SoHo Street   
New York Times
The murder trial against a man accused of killing Etan Patz got underway on Friday, with opening statements made in a proceeding that prosecutors hope will finally lay to rest a question that for decades has tormented the Patz family and, in a sense, all of ...

2015-01-31 U.S. World

U-T San Diego   

IS hostage drama shows change in propaganda technique   
U-T San Diego
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, a passerby is silhouetted against a large TV screen broadcasting a news program in Tokyo reporting on a video posted on YouTube by jihadists on Tuesday, Jan. 27, that purports to show a still photo of ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Spotlight

Weighing risks and benefits of making a deal with Iran   
PBS NewsHour
As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff examines the challenges and opportunities of reaching a nuclear deal with Iran. RELATED. RELATED. RETHINKING IRAN monitor us iran flag · Is it time to open the door ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Health

CBS Local   

New Study Of Retired NFL Players' Brains Shows Why Tackle Football Should ...   
Forbes
How young is too young to be playing tackle football? There are plenty of leagues around the country where kids as young as six play. They shouldn't. There is no reason for young kids to be banging heads like the grown-ups do. And now science shows just ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Science

NBCNews.com   

Survey Shows Scientists and Public at Odds Over Climate, GMOs and More   
NBCNews.com
A newly published survey shows a significant opinion gap between professional scientists and the wider American public on issues in science ranging from climate change to genetically modified foods. But the results match up on at least one score: Each side ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Sports

Bleacher Report   

NBA All-Star Reserves 2015: Full Roster List and Analysis for East and West   
Bleacher Report
A week after the voting public picked the starters for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, the coach-selected reserves were announced Jan. 29. There were a few surprises, and it seems clear quality trumped quantity in some cases, which helps explain Kevin ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Entertainment

USA TODAY   

Suge Knight involved in fatal car crash on 'Compton' set   
USA TODAY
Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight reportedly ran over a man with his vehicle at a promotional shoot for the upcoming Universal release Straight Outta Compton Thursday in Compton. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has arrived on the scene and ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Technology

CNNMoney   

Chinese netizens squirm as party tightens grip on internet   
Sydney Morning Herald
Beijing: Google has been steadily strangled, and Gmail finally blocked more effectively than ever. Instagram and Flickr recently went black, while Microsoft Outlook was hacked. In the past few days, virtual private network (VPN) services, the tools that many ...

2015-01-30 U.S. Business

New York Times   

Voices: Google's Glass miscue deserves a second life   
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — O.K., Glass, what's next? On Google's earnings call Thursday, CFO Patrick Pichette noted that "when teams aren't able to hit hurdles … sometimes we ask them to take a pause and reset their strategy." He was talking about Google Glass, ...

2015-01-30 U.S. U.S.

CBS Local   

McCaskill Issues Statement: 'The Keystone Pipeline – A Commonsense Approach'   
CBS Local
ST. LOUIS – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill issued the following statement after voting to approve the Keystone Pipeline: During my career, I've never been afraid to pick a fight—including with the leaders of my own party—because we can't let politics trump good ...

2015-01-30 U.S. World

CBC.ca   

Islamic State's Egypt wing claims deadliest attacks in months: official Twitter   
Reuters
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Islamic State's Egypt wing claimed a series of attacks that killed at least 27 security personnel on Thursday in some of the worst anti-government violence in months, after commemorations around the anniversary of the 2011 ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Spotlight

New York Times   

Learning From Animal Friendships   
New York Times
A goat frolics with a baby rhinoceros. A pig nestles up to a house cat. A rat snake makes nice with the dwarf hamster originally intended as its lunch. Few things seem to capture the public imagination more reliably than friendly interactions between different ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Health

Daily Mail   

Sex toy instructor and 'pleasure activist' taught high school sex-ed   
Daily Mail
Parents with students at one California high school recently learned that two Planned Parenthood employees who taught their impressionable children sex education also held down some controversial side jobs. One of the sex-ed instructors at Acalanes ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Science

The Mary Sue   

Huge alien planet has rings 200 times bigger than Saturn's, say astronomers (+ ...   
Christian Science Monitor
A 'super Saturn' some 116 light years away from our solar system appears to have a massive and complex ring system. By Jason Major, Universe Today January 27, 2015. Astronomers watching the repeated and drawn-out dimming of a relatively nearby ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Sports

Bleacher Report   

Revis and Sherman Take Their Feud to the Field for Super Bowl XLIX   
Bleacher Report
PHOENIX — It was one of the few Twitter beefs that was actually interesting. Some two years ago, an up-and-coming star on the Seattle Seahawks named Richard Sherman kept comparing himself to an established talent, then playing for the New York Jets, ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Entertainment

Mashable   

GoDaddy pulls puppy Super Bowl ad after animal rights backlash   
Mashable
GoDaddy has pulled a 2015 Super Bowl commercial due to backlash from animal lovers, after it featured a puppy being sold by its owners online. The ad shows a golden retriever pup who falls off the back of a truck in the middle of nowhere. The resourceful ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Technology

Los Angeles Times   

Apple shatters iPhone sales record; Apple Watch to ship in April   
Los Angeles Times
Apple Inc. sold nearly 74.5 million iPhones during the last three months of 2014 -- more than in all of its fiscal year 2011 -- powering a quarter of record profit that soared past Wall Street expectations. lRelated Why Sony's Steve Jobs movie fell apart.
Apple Learns What Samsung Forgot: How to Sell Phones in China   Bloomberg
Apple Sets New Record, Sells 74.5 Million iPhones Over The Holidays   GameSpot
Apple just sold 75 million iPhones and brought in $75 billion   Quartz
Reuters   
Firstpost   
Vancouver Sun   
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Wall Street Journal   

Flying high, Apple readies Watch to ship in April   
PCWorld
The Apple Watch will ship in April, CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday, ending speculation about when Apple will release its first new category of product in more than four years. Rumors about the release date have swirled ever since the device was shown in ...

2015-01-28 U.S. Business

Washington Post   

Obama wants to allow oil drilling on the East Coast — and block it in Alaska   
Vox
The Obama administration is often caught between two conflicting impulses — a desire to protect the environment, and a desire to support the ongoing US oil and gas boom. And trying to juggle the two can lead to some awfully convoluted decisions. Case in ...

2015-01-28 U.S. U.S.

New York Times   

Leaders in New York and New Jersey Defend Shutdown for a Blizzard That Wasn't   
New York Times
It was an unprecedented step for what became, in New York City, a common storm: For the first time in its 110-year history, the subway system was shut down because of snow. Transit workers, caught off guard by the shutdown that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ...

2015-01-28 U.S. World

Times LIVE   

UPDATE 9-Nine killed as gunmen storm luxury hotel in Libyan capital   
Reuters
... * American, Frenchman among five foreigners dead - security aide. * Three guards killed by car bomb outside hotel. * Among worst attacks on foreigners since 2011 revolt. * Libya unravelling from factional conflict (Adds background on slain American).
10 killed in Tripoli hotel attack   The Hindu
Gunmen storm Libyan hotel; 4 foreigners, 5 guards dead   Hindustan Times
Gunmen at luxury Libyan hotel kill 8 including 1 American   New York Daily News
Bloomberg   
MiamiHerald.com   
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BBC News   

Kenji Goto: Abe condemns 'despicable' IS hostage video   
BBC News
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said a new Islamic State (IS) video threatening to kill hostage Kenji Goto within 24 hours is "despicable". In the footage a voice believed to be Mr Goto says he and a Jordanian pilot will be killed unless Jordan frees an ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Spotlight

Bones From Era of Alexander the Great Raise More Questions Than Answers   
National Geographic
Analysis of human remains may take years to sort out who was buried in massive Greek tomb. Picture of the two sphinxes found under an apse at the Kasta Tumulus, near ancient. Two guardian sphinxes sit on a marble lintel at the entrance to the tomb at ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Health

U.S. News & World Report   

Details about Joan Rivers' death emerge as lawsuit is filed   
CNN
(CNN) The estate of the late comedian Joan Rivers filed a lawsuit Monday in New York County Supreme Court detailing alleged missteps by the outpatient endoscopy facility and the physicians caring for Rivers during an August 28 procedure that the New ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Science

SlashGear   

A huge asteroid is about to buzz Earth   
SlashGear
Try not to let it worry you, but a 550 meter wide chunk of space rock is going to hurtle past Earth at more than 33,000 mph very soon, another near-miss asteroid a celestially-slight 745,000 miles from our planet. While it may not sound all that close - the moon ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Sports

Washington Post   

First and 10: Goodell's post-Spygate stance could deal Patriots harsher ...   
Washington Post
Each week, the Washington Post's Mark Maske provides in-depth Monday morning NFL analysis with “First and 10,” a dissection of the league's most important developments from a weekend of action. First and 10: Jan. 26. First: Punishment for New England?
Patriots owner demands NFL apology if probe into underinflated balls finds no ...   Fox News
Bill Belichick sidesteps Deflategate questions   USA TODAY
Deflate-gate: If cleared, Pats owner wants NFL apology   Detroit Free Press
New York Daily News   
Tampabay.com   
Boston Globe   
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OCRegister   

Lev: Should Marshawn Lynch be forced to talk to the media?   
OCRegister
NFL reporters are mixed in their opinions on what Marshawn Lynch should have to do off the field as part of his media obligation. OTTO GREULE JR. , GETTY IMAGES. ML'S MEDIA MUSINGS. 1. It's almost impossible to avoid "Deflategate," which has crossed ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Entertainment

Entertainment Weekly   

Hermione as Belle? We recast the 'Harry Potter' cast as Disney characters   
Entertainment Weekly
It was announced Monday that Emma Watson will be playing Belle in Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. She couldn't have been more perfect for the role, right? Hermione and Belle have so much in common, from their love of ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Technology

U.S. News & World Report   

Microsoft reports lower quarterly earnings   
The Seattle Times
Charges related to the 18,000 layoffs Microsoft announced in July and an income tax charge as a result of an Internal Revenue Service audit lowered the company's profit by a combined 6 cents a share, the company said Monday. By Matt Day. Seattle Times ...

2015-01-27 U.S. Business

CNN International   

US refuses to silence Keystone XL pipeline debate   
The Globe and Mail
Republican efforts to stifle debate on Keystone XL failed on Monday when even Democratic backers of the controversial Canadian pipeline that would send Alberta oil sands crude across the United States to the Gulf coast balked at forcing a vote. The Senate ...

2015-01-27 U.S. U.S.

NBCNews.com   

Airports, Highways Close as Historic Northeast Blizzard Looms   
NBCNews.com
... —. BY ERIN McCLAM. Tens of millions of people in the Northeast hunkered down on Monday for a historic blizzard that was expected to drop more than 2 feet of snow, whipped around by winds approaching hurricane force — enough to bring Boston and ...

2015-01-27 U.S. World

BBC News   

Greece debt repayment in full 'unrealistic' - Syriza   
BBC News
It is unrealistic to expect Greece to repay its huge debt in full, the chief economics spokesman for the victorious Syriza party has told the BBC. "Nobody believes that the Greek debt is sustainable," Euclid Tsakalotos said. The far-left Syriza, which won Sunday's ...

2015-01-26 U.S. Spotlight

New York Times   

The Mill of Muslim Radicalism in France   
New York Times
PARIS — The typical trajectory of most French Islamist terrorists follows four steps: alienation from the dominant culture, thanks partly to joblessness and discrimination in blighted neighborhoods; a turn to petty crime, which leads to prison, and then more ...

2015-01-26 U.S. Health

KTIC   

Could eating fish while pregnant be good for you?   
SMN Weekly
The nutritious benefits derived from eating fish has been well documented and well known for many years. A rich source of essential omega fatty acids, which is essential for various body functions, eating a proper amount of fish is extremely beneficial.
Study sheds concern over fish eating among pregnant women   America Herald
Sorry, Pregnant Women, New Study Is Not a Carte Blanche to Eat Sushi   ABC News
What Fish Can We Eat?   HealthNewsDigest.com
American Live Wire   
Modern Readers   
SavingAdvice.com   
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Capital OTC   

Napa flu death is 5th in Bay Area   
SFGate
In the latest sign of an increasingly active flu season in the Bay Area and statewide, Napa County reported its first flu-associated death Friday. The victim, identified only an adult under the age of 65, died from flu-related complications earlier this month, said ...