2015-02-24 U.S. Spotlight

The White House (blog)   

Let's Get Every Kid in a Park   
The White House (blog)
From sea to shining sea, our country is home to gorgeous landscapes, vibrant waterways, and historic treasures that all Americans can enjoy. But right now, young people are spending more time in front of screens than outside, and that means they are ...

2015-02-24 U.S. Health

AL.com   

Study: Exposing Kids To Peanuts Early May Prevent Allergies   
CBS Local
As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, peanut allergies have more than quadrupled in the past 13 years, and doctors and parents have reasoned that we should, and must, avoid feeding peanuts to infants so they do not develop the allergies to the legumes.
Early exposure 'cuts peanut allergy'   BBC News
Early exposure to peanuts can help prevent allergies later on, study says   AL.com
Peanut exposure helps prevent kids' allergies, study says   San Jose Mercury News
New York Daily News   
U.S. News & World Report   
CBS News   
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Fox News   

Hand-washing dishes may help kids avoid allergies, study says   
The Seattle Times
In a paper published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, Swedish researchers report that kids raised in households where dishes are hand-washed as opposed to sterilized in a dishwasher were less likely to have eczema, asthma or hay fever. By Deborah ...

2015-02-24 U.S. Science

Fox News   

1000 year-old mummified monk reveals more of his secrets   
Fox News
A 1,000-year old mummified monk hidden inside a statue of Buddha has revealed more of his secrets. The Chinese statue, part of a joint exhibition between museums in Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary, is attracting plenty of attention after ...

2015-02-24 U.S. Sports

Bleacher Report   

Yoan Moncada Signing Is Huge Coup for Red Sox, Another Yankees Failure   
Bleacher Report
So in the end, Yoan Moncada will keep the red socks from those snazzy Cuban uniforms we've seen in international play. And all hail the Boston Red Sox. Yet again, the Red Sox have pulled off a move that will make their summers brighter, their fans happier ...

2015-02-24 U.S. Entertainment

Hindustan Times   

Dopey Cumberbatch to creepy Travolta: Top 10 moments of Oscars 2015   
Hindustan Times
Oscars can be long. At over three-when-on-earth-will-they-end-hours (easily five hours, if you count the red carpet), it is probably the longest award show in the world. And first-time Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch knew that all too well.
No surprise, Neil Patrick Harris brought sparkle to Oscars   NewsOK.com
The Oscars suffer worst ratings in SEVEN years with an 18% drop from 2014   Daily Mail
Oscars 2015: Academy tries to highlight diversity onstage   Los Angeles Times
Christian Science Monitor   
Entertainment Weekly (blog)   
RollingStone.com   
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New York Times   

Ben Woolf, Actor in 'American Horror Story,' Dies at 34   
New York Times
Ben Woolf, an actor known for his roles on two seasons of the television show “American Horror Story,” died on Monday in Los Angeles at the age of 34. The cause was a stroke related to complications from injuries suffered when he was struck by a car, his ...

2015-02-24 U.S. Technology

ABC News   

Google Teams up With 3 Wireless Carriers to Combat Apple Pay   
ABC News
Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet. The counterattack announced Monday is just the latest example of how the competition between Google ...

2015-02-24 U.S. Business

Fox News   

How did West Coast seaports get so jammed? And will a recent contract deal ...   
Fox Business
A dock worker arrives at the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.
West Coast Ports Deploy Workers to Alleviate Three-Month Backlog   Bloomberg
Retailers Breathe Easier as West Coast Ports Reach Labor Deal   EcommerceBytes
California: Ports Bustling Again   New York Times
KIONrightnow.com   
The Daily Breeze   
abc7news.com   
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Reuters   

Asia tentative, awaits word on Fed rate outlook   
Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Caution gripped Asian markets on Tuesday as investors fretted over what Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen might say later in the day on the likely lift-off date for U.S. policy tightening. Moves were mostly minor and MSCI's broadest ...

2015-02-24 U.S. U.S.

CBS News   

Houston Surgeons Separate 10-Month-Old Conjoined Twin Girls   
ABC News
Doctors in Houston are optimistic that 10-month-old formerly conjoined twin girls will survive after a recent surgery that separated them. It took 26 hours last week to separate the girls, Knatalyne Hope Mata and Adeline Faith, who shared a chest wall, lungs, ...

2015-02-24 U.S. World

New York Times   

Israeli Views on Iran Diverged, Reports Say   
New York Times
JERUSALEM — Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel's dire warning at the United Nations in 2012 that Iran was a mere months away from being able to develop a nuclear bomb, Israel's Mossad intelligence agency presented a more ...