2015-02-17 U.S. Spotlight

Yahoo Finance   

Negative interest rates: Coming to America?   
Yahoo Finance
Handout photo of Danish krone banknotes being printed at a printing operation facility in Copenhagen January 16, 2014. Denmark's political and central banking establishment is uniting in a campaign to kill speculation that the country might follow ...

2015-02-17 U.S. Health

New York Times   

Hot flashes may persist for 14 years, study finds   
Worcester Telegram
Conventional wisdom has it that hot flashes, which afflict up to 80 percent of middle-aged women, usually persist for just a few years. But hot flashes can continue for as long as 14 years, and the earlier they begin the longer a woman is likely to suffer, a study ...

2015-02-17 U.S. Science

BBC News   

Penguins lost ability to taste fish   
BBC News
A genetic study suggests the flightless birds lost three of the five basic tastes long ago in evolution. Taste is critical for survival in most animals, but may not matter in the penguin, which swallows fish whole, say researchers in China and the US. Many other ...

2015-02-17 U.S. Sports

New York Daily News   

Share “Hard to argue with the Thunder's All-Star...”   
NewsOK.com
West Team's Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, goes up for the basket during the second half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. The West Team won 163-158. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, Pool). The best ...

2015-02-17 U.S. Entertainment

New York Times   

The 'SNL' 40th-Anniversary Show: Very Funny, Except When It Wasn't   
New York Times
Humor, like beauty, doesn't always last. Chevy Chase and Eddie Murphy proved that. And even the most secure institutions aren't impregnable, as Jerry Seinfeld's joke about the disgraced NBC News anchor Brian Williams suggested. But Sunday night's ...

2015-02-17 U.S. Technology

CBC.ca   

NSA Has Ability To Hide Spying Software Deep Within Hard Drives: Cyber ...   
Huffington Post
By Joseph Menn. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the ...

2015-02-17 U.S. Business

CNBC   

Poll: Will there be a Greek deal this week?   
CNBC
Protesters gather at Trafalgar Square to support the newly elected government officials in Greece to negotiate a better deal with the European Union with regards to the Greek national debt crisis. Time is running out for Greece to keep its economy afloat after a ...

2015-02-17 U.S. U.S.

NJ.com   

More snow set to hit N.J. tonight into morning   
NJ.com
Expect another storm to begin dropping snow on New Jersey sometime before midnight — with the southern part of the state targeted for the largest blow, forecasters say. And expect another burst of brutally cold weather to strike later in the week, they added.
More snow headed this way for Tuesday morning commute   Kansas City Star
Winter storm slams the South   Savannah Morning News
Snowfall Expected To Impact The Area Monday Night Into Tuesday   MyFox Philadelphia
Tribune-Review   
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Christian Science Monitor   

For 2016 Senate races, Democrats worry about a shallow candidate pool   
Washington Post
The war hero. The star fundraiser. The popular governor. The toughened ex-senators. These are the blue-chip recruits many Democrats believe are essential to winning back control of the U.S. Senate in 2016 after a midterm drubbing cost them their majority.
Wednesday marks start of Obama immigration actions   USA TODAY
How to Spin a Government Shutdown   National Journal
New Congress Has Slightly Higher Ratings, Still Unpopular   Gallup.com
Examiner.com   
Livingston Daily   
Daily Signal   
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Philly.com   

Scheide '36 bequeaths 2500 rare books to Firestone   
The Daily Princetonian
William Scheide '36, a musician and philanthropist who died in November at the age of 100, bequeathed his rare books collection to the University, making it the largest gift in the University's history. The collection is valued at nearly $300 million and is ...

2015-02-17 U.S. World

Voice of America   

Egypt Bombs Libyan IS Stronghold After Massacre   
Voice of America
Egypt carried out a second round of airstrikes in eastern Libya Monday, in swift retaliation for the massacre of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya. The bombings killed dozens of militants and several civilians in the Islamic State ...