2015-02-28 U.S. Spotlight

Massachusetts Man Is Shipping Our Record-Breaking Snow for $89   
Boston.com
Kyle Waring is making a profit off the very snow sitting in your front yard, on top of your car, and on top of every thing in this entire city for that matter. It's both a why-didn't-I-think-of-this and wait-people-really-pay-for-that business plan. This all started when ...

2015-02-28 U.S. Health

ABC News   

1.1 Billion Young People at Risk of Losing Their Hearing, WHO Says   
ABC News
This just in from the World Health Organization: Your mother was right all along. About 1.1 billion people are at risk for losing their hearing, and half of 12- to 35-year-olds in high income countries expose their ears to "unsafe" sound levels when they listen to ...

2015-02-28 U.S. Science

Beacon Review   

Life 'maybe not as we understand it' potential on Saturn's moon Titan   
Beacon Review
Taking a simultaneously imaginative and rigidly scientific view, chemical engineers and astronomers present a template for life that could thrive in a harsh, cold planet -- specifically Titan, the giant moon of Saturn. A planetary physique awash with seas.
Saturn's moon Titan may harbor life - but not how we know it   SMN Weekly
It's Life, Jim, But Not As We Know It   Science 2.0
Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan   Cornell Chronicle

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Scientific American   

Global warming "hiatus" may be about to fold into a global temperature spike   
National Monitor
Researchers say that ocean currents which caused global warming to slow are about to change and things could get hot fast. Climate change deniers frequently point to the global warming “hiatus” to back up their arguments. The hiatus, such as it is, isn't a ...

2015-02-28 U.S. Sports

Tampabay.com   

Browns Agree to Terms on Contract With Quarterback Josh McCown   
New York Times
The Browns have yet another new quarterback, and this one has a familiar last name. Josh McCown, who went 1-10 as Tampa Bay's starter last season, agreed to terms on a three-year contract with Cleveland on Friday. McCown's younger brother, Luke, ...

2015-02-28 U.S. Entertainment

E! Online   

Leonard Nimoy Dies at Age 83: 7 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek's Spock   
E! Online
Leonard Nimoywill be remembered for more than his iconic Star Trek role. The fan favorite actor, who died at age 83 on Friday, is best known for playing Mr. Spock on all three seasons of the original Star Trek series in the '60s. He also played the role in an ...

2015-02-28 U.S. Technology

CNET   

Uber database breach involves names, license numbers of 50000 drivers   
Washington Post
Uber said Friday that a database containing the names and drivers' license numbers of 50,000 of its drivers was breached in May. The ride-sharing service said it has notified the drivers and has not received reports of the information being misused. Uber said ...

2015-02-28 U.S. Business

USA TODAY   

Stocks fell Friday but have best month since October 2011   
USA TODAY
Stocks fell Friday as the Nasdaq failed to hit the 5000 mark again, but markets still managed to post strong gains for the month. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 81.72 points, or 0.5%, to close at 18,132.70, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 6.24 ...

2015-02-28 U.S. U.S.

New York Times   

House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Republicans vowing to govern effectively as a congressional majority failed a fundamental test Friday, when House leaders managed to narrowly pass only a seven-day funding extension to avert a partial shutdown of the Department of ...

2015-02-28 U.S. World

Los Angeles Times   

Boris Nemtsov, prominent Putin critic, is gunned down in Moscow   
Los Angeles Times
Boris Y. Nemtsov, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics, was shot dead in the shadow of St. Basil's Cathedral near Red Square early Saturday on the eve of a massive opposition march to show defiance on Kremlin aggression against ...