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
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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 ...