2015-01-20 U.S. Spotlight

News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service   
PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Monday, Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with marches celebrating the civil rights leader, as well as protests over the racial divide, police killings of people of color and income disparity. Also, Iran and Hezbollah blamed Israel ...

2015-01-20 U.S. Health

WCVB Boston   

Too much sitting raises risk of death, even if you exercise   
CBS News
Beware, couch potatoes: The evidence is piling up that too much sitting can take a serious toll on your health. A new study links sitting for prolonged periods of time to increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and early death -- even in people who get ...

2015-01-20 U.S. Science

New York Times   

NASA Spacecraft Get a Closer Look at Dwarf Planets Pluto and Ceres   
New York Times
It is small. It is round. It was once a planet, but is now cast off as too diminutive. In March, a NASA spacecraft will arrive there to begin the first close-up examination of a dwarf planet. It is not Pluto. It is instead Ceres, 600 miles wide, the largest of the asteroids ...

2015-01-20 U.S. Sports

ESPN   

Knicks stop skid at 16 by holding on for win over Pelicans   
ESPN
NEW YORK -- Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks walked off the court, and for the first time in weeks, it wasn't with heads hanging. The sound of boos that had provided the audio at Madison Square Garden was replaced by the voice of James Brown ...

2015-01-20 U.S. Entertainment

ABC News   

Real-Life Wife of 'American Sniper' Reacts to the Film's Success   
ABC News
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Widow of 'American Sniper' author curtails interviews amid criticism   Minneapolis Star Tribune
Why did 'American Sniper' do so well at the box office? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Criticism targets movie on Texas military sniper   Chron.com
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Fitness model hit by train tripped during filming, friend says   
SFGate
LOS ANGELES — Gregory Plitt, the fitness model and reality TV star killed Saturday, was filming video for his website, trying to get action shots when he tripped and was struck by an oncoming train, friends said. “He just made a mistake,” his friend Warren ...

2015-01-20 U.S. Technology

Wall Street Journal   

The Turning Point for Internet Freedom   
Wall Street Journal
As regulators weigh imposing net neutrality on the Web, Congress tries to pre-empt government overreach. ENLARGE. Getty Images. By. Robert M. McDowell. Jan. 19, 2015 7:09 p.m. ET. 18 COMMENTS. The Federal Communications Commission is about to ...

2015-01-20 U.S. Business

CNNMoney   

China posts its worst growth in 24 years   
CNNMoney
China's economy grew at its slowest pace since in more than two decades in 2014, a performance that underscores the depth of challenges facing the world's second-largest economy. Gross domestic product was 7.4% in 2014, compared to the same period ...

2015-01-20 U.S. U.S.

USA TODAY   

Obama's Social Media Team Tries to Widen Audience for State of the Union ...   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has revamped its digital communications strategy in an attempt to reach new audiences for the State of the Union speech — a classic old-media event — and sidestep the skeptical filter often applied by White ...

2015-01-20 U.S. World

The Nation   

Iran Confirms Israeli Airstrike in Southern Syria Killed One of Its Generals   
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran confirmed Monday that one of its generals was among the dead in an Israeli airstrike that also killed several Hezbollah fighters in southern Syria on Sunday, an announcement that added to the tension and unpredictability in the ...