us-hotdailynews: 2015-07-20

2015-07-20 U.S. Spotlight

How India makes Parsi babies
BBC News
The Parsis of India are a unique community, but their numbers are declining fast. In an effort to change this, the government is spending $1.5m to encourage them to have more children. Persis Aspi Kamakhan still cannot believe her luck. She clucks and ...

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The Suspicious Story Behind Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman'
The New Republic
This piece is the first in a three-part series we'll be publishing this week on Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Lee's new novel, Go Set a Watchman. When it was announced in February that a “new” Harper Lee novel had been “discovered,” there ...

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ESPN

The buzz at Las Vegas Summer League
ESPN
LAS VEGAS -- The big summer transactions were all wrapped up by the time the NBA's cognoscenti touched down at McCarren Airport late last week for Las Vegas Summer League. There might have been fewer deals to execute, but at the SW Steakhouse in ...

2015-07-20 U.S. Health

Weekly Observer

Expediting Controlled Electromagnetic Pulses to the Brain offers Relief ...
Weekly Observer
Tinnitus can strike anyplace and any time. You may be dozing soundly then suddenly there's ringing sound; before you know it, you are writhing in your bed in pain. It can happen unexpectedly in minutes, and you better be prepared when it does. Indeed ...

2015-07-20 U.S. Science

CBS News

A team member's view of all the work on Earth it took to get New Horizons to Pluto
New Zealand Herald
Science is hard and good science is harder - it takes persistence and tons of patience. When we began planning a mission to Pluto over 15 years ago, we knew it was going to be, as they say, a long haul. But we also knew it had a huge potential payoff.
New Horizon offers new outlook on Pluto   FOX CT
Good week for science, amazing week for Pluto   Orlando Sentinel
New Horizons Photos Show Pluto Has a Heart and a Tail   CDA News
NEWS.com.au
Scienceline
KHON2
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Vocal Republic

Thanks Marine Phytoplankton for brightening Southern Ocean clouds
Inferse
The next time you see bright clouds – thank the marine plankton in oceans in the southern hemisphere. New research has found that there is a connection between the two, and before a world of pollution, there was something significant happening here ...
Phytoplanktons Bestow Southern Ocean 'Dazzling Clouds' In Order To Sheild ...   Empire State Tribune
Plankton in Southern Ocean Emit Gas that Induces Cloud Formation, asserts Study   Northern Californian
How plankton create clouds and keep us cool in the summer   BABW News
NY City News
iFreePress.com (blog)
Vocal Republic
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PerfScience

Serendipitous Discovery by US Scientists, 18th Century Shipwreck Found
PerfScience
Who knew that after four elaborate expeditions conducted within some 100 metres of the presently discovered wreck site, it would only be the recent exploration that would unsurface a shipwreck that is believed to have occurred somewhere around the ...

2015-07-20 U.S. Sports

Vancouver Sun

Golf roundup: Jordan Spieth one shot off The Open leaders
Vancouver Sun
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Jordan Spieth was one shot out of the lead and one round away from the third leg of the Grand Slam. Not since Bobby Jones has an amateur won the British Open, and then along came Paul Dunne with a bogey-free performance ...

2015-07-20 U.S. Entertainment

NBCNews.com

'Ant-Man' Dominates 'Trainwreck' at Box Office
NBCNews.com
Marvel's "Ant-Man" punched above its weight at the weekend box office, debuting with an estimated $58 million, while Amy Schumer's "Trainwreck" also opened strongly with $30.2 million. The result for "Ant-Man" didn't match some of Marvel's better known ...

2015-07-20 U.S. Technology

The Australian Financial Review

Apple waits as app developers study who's buying its watch
The Australian Financial Review
Apple released the device in April with more than 3,000 apps - far more than the 500 that were available for the iPhone when the App Store opened in 2008. Reuters. by Brian Chen and Vindu Goel. In the months surrounding the much-ballyhooed release of ...

2015-07-20 U.S. Business

BBC News

Greek debt crisis: Banks to reopen after three-week shutdown
BBC News
Greek banks are set to reopen after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt. Athens reached agreement with its international creditors last week, in a cash-for-reforms deal that helped Greece avoid exiting the eurozone.
RPT-UPDATE 3-Greek banks ready to open Monday as Merkel urges swift ...   Reuters
Banks to reopen, taxes raised as Greece prepares to reboot economy   Livemint
Greek debt crisis: Prices for everyday items shoot up in Greece   Sydney Morning Herald
Irish Independent
Independent Online
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Engadget

Massachusetts grills Uber and Lyft over disability access
Engadget
Ridesharing outfits make some effort to accommodate disabled passengers, but Massachusetts isn't sure that they go far enough. Reuters has learned that the state's Attorney General is grilling Uber and Lyft over the levels of disability access they ...
Business travelers embrace the sharing economy   USA TODAY
Uber, Lyft face disability access questions from Massachusetts   The Star Online
Report: Uber usage on the rise in Boston   Boston Sun Times
Dallas Business Journal (blog)
Vocal Republic
Dispatch Times
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Reuters

Oil edges lower as Saudi crude exports fall, US cuts drill rigs
Reuters
SINGAPORE Oil prices edged lower on Monday as data showed Saudi Arabian exports fell to the lowest in five months despite record output, while a resurgence in U.S. drilling activity seen earlier this month seemed to fizzle out. Both international and U ...
Hedge Funds Dump Crude Oil as Iran Deal Threatens Prolonged Glut   Bloomberg
Russia says to discuss oil markets, Iran with OPEC on July 30   Sentinel Republic
Oil steady as US cuts drill rigs, Saudi crude exports fall   Yahoo Finance UK
Zawya (registration)
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New York Post

Uber vs. yellow-cab fat-cats: Mayor sides with the wrong New York
New York Post
Mayor de Blasio took office describing a “Tale of Two New Yorks”: a privileged, wealthy, largely white and Manhattan-centric city that had thrived in recent years vs. a less-well-off, more-minority-heavy outer-borough population — of which he saw ...
Why Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are hot on Uber, and Hillary Clinton is not   The Australian Financial Review
Bill De Blasio & Uber's Feud Continues With A Scathing Op-Ed From The New ...   Bustle
Free broadband for 5 NYC housing developments   Dispatch Times
Gotham Gazette
BuzzFeed News
TV Newsroom
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GMA News

Lockheed Is Said to Buy Maker of Black Hawk Helicopters
New York Times
Lockheed Martin has agreed to buy Sikorsky, the maker of the Black Hawk helicopters used by the United States military, people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday. The deal, which one person said would be worth more than $8 billion, could be ...

2015-07-20 U.S. U.S.

NBCNews.com

Chattanooga Shooter Mohammad Abdulazeez Had History of Drug Abuse ...
NBCNews.com
A troubled profile that includes drug abuse and a history of depression emerged this weekend in Tennessee, as relatives and people close to the man accused of murdering five service members there began piecing together what may have motivated the ...

2015-07-20 U.S. World

TIME

Beijing Arrests Five for Uniqlo Sex Tape That Went Viral as Store Becomes ...
TIME
Five people have been arrested in connection with a video that went viral last week purportedly showing a couple having sex in a Beijing branch of the Uniqlo clothing store. The couple in question were arrested shortly after the clip went viral on ...
Chinese police detain suspects linked to viral Uniqlo sex video   CNN
Beijing police detain 4 for sex video that spread online   Sacramento Bee
Fitting-room sex video sparks ethical and legal debate   AsiaOne
The Star Online
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BBC News

Greek debt crisis: Banks to reopen after three-week shutdown
BBC News
Greek banks are set to reopen after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt. Athens reached agreement with its international creditors last week, in a cash-for-reforms deal that helped Greece avoid exiting the eurozone.
Greek debt crisis: Prices for everyday items shoot up in Greece   Sydney Morning Herald
RPT-UPDATE 3-Greek banks ready to open Monday as Merkel urges swift ...   Reuters
Banks to reopen, taxes raised as Greece prepares to reboot economy   Livemint
Washington Post
Independent Online
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New York Times

UN Vote on Iran Nuclear Deal Irks Congress
New York Times
WASHINGTON — During the closed-door talks in Vienna on limiting Iran's nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry argued that the United Nations Security Council should not vote on lifting sanctions on Iran until Congress had a chance to review ...
60-day clock begins ticking for Congress to vote on Iran deal   Jerusalem Post Israel News
US Seeks to Allay Concerns of Alllies on Iran Nuclear Deal   Wall Street Journal
Iran nuclear deal does not 'prevent military option', says US   BBC News
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
The Week Magazine
Washington Post
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NDTV

Man Found Dead in Demi Moore's Swimming Pool, Say Reports
NDTV
A 21-year-old man drowned in the swimming pool of the Beverly Hills home of actor Demi Moore, news reports said July 19, 2015.(AFP). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. Los Angeles: A 21-year-old man drowned in the swimming pool of ...

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