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 ...