2015-08-18 U.S. Spotlight

Search Engine Land   

Is CTR A Ranking Factor In Organic Results?   
Search Engine Land
Contributor Bartosz Góralewicz shares the results of an experiment he conducted that suggests click-through rate (CTR) from search is not a ranking factor. Bartosz Góralewicz on August 12, 2015 at 11:15 am. 1.7k; More. cursor-click-ss-1920. TL;DR ...

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Relax, America, Donald Trump is Not Really Running for President   
Huffington Post
A funny thing happened to Donald Trump on the way to the first national debate among Republican presidential hopefuls on Fox News. He was transformed from a media-baiting court jester to a legitimate political force. In the process, he cemented his ...

2015-08-18 U.S. Health

Los Angeles Times   

Kite Pharma acknowledges patient death, says unrelated to cell therapy   
Los Angeles Times
Shares of Kite Pharma Inc. rebounded Monday after the company said the death of a clinical trial patient was unrelated to its promising blood cancer treatment. The Santa Monica company held a conference call with analysts to address "a high level of ...
Kite Pharma's Highflying Price Limits Relief   Wall Street Journal
Patient Death Does Not Augur Doom, But Kite Pharma Needs To Shut Its Big Mouth   Forbes
Why Sprint Corp (S), Zulily Inc (ZU) and Kite Pharma Inc (KITE) Are 3 of Today ...   Investorplace.com
Smarter Analyst   
CNNMoney   
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PPP Focus.com   

Violent video games trigger aggression   
PPP Focus.com
Appelbaum is referring, in part, to the task force's conclusion that playing violent video games is just one of many “risk factors” for aggression leading to violent or destructive behavior. At the end of the day, this 49-page report confirms that the ...
Do video games make people violent?   BBC News
Do violent video games lead to criminal behavior?   CBS News
Violent video games lead to aggression: study   Sky News Australia
TIME   
UPI.com   
CNNMoney   
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Weekly Observer   

Can food really lead women to sex?   
Morning Ticker
When it comes to food, the old saying is that, “The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach.” But a new study has more to add to that. A recent study published in the journal Appetite says that men and women have more similarities than you ...
Men and Women Share the Same Romantic Response to Food, Study   Weekly Observer
A good meal causes women to be more romantic   Science Recorder
Love 101: Food Unlocks Women's Hearts   News Every day
State Column   
Hindustan Times   
Nature World Report   
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CNN   

CNN report on Florida hospital leads to heart surgery program closure   
CNN
(CNN) St. Mary's Medical Center in Florida announced Monday that it would permanently close its pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program. The move comes in the wake of a yearlong CNN investigation, which found that from 2011 to 2013, the program had a ...

2015-08-18 U.S. Science

Los Angeles Times   

'First flowers' may have 'bloomed' in water, not on land, fossils suggest   
Los Angeles Times
By analyzing more than 1,000 fossil remains, scientists have discovered that an unassuming, 130-million-year-old water-dwelling plant could be one of Earth's first flowering plants. Montsechia vidalii, described in the Proceedings of the National ...
Prehistoric Fossil Found in Spain May Be Mythical 'First Flower'   NBCNews.com
Ancient underwater plant 'could be world's first flower'   BBC News
World's Oldest Flowering Plant Came From the Water   Newsweek
I4U News   
Washington Post   
The Sun Daily   
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NBCNews.com   

Asia's Rapidly Shrinking Glaciers Could Fuel Future Conflicts   
NBCNews.com
The glaciers in Asia's Tian Shan mountains have lost more than a quarter of their total mass over the past 50 years — a rate of loss about four times greater than the global average during that time, new research shows. By 2050, half of the remaining ...
Central Asian glaciers thaw fast with warming in threat to hydro power, farms   Sydney Morning Herald
How Asia's melting glaciers could fuel conflict   Christian Science Monitor
Central Asia Mountain Range Has Lost a Quarter of Ice Mass in 50 Years, Study Says   Wall Street Journal
UPI.com   
Tech Times   
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BBC News   

City grime 'breathes back out' polluting nitrogen gases   
BBC News
Scientists say the grime which clings to urban surfaces "breathes out" nitrogen gases when hit by sunlight. The dark muck was known to absorb such gases from the air, but it appears the nitrogen does not stay locked away. In rooftop experiments in ...
SUNLIGHT releases smog-forming particles trapped on grimy buildings and streets   Daily Mail
Why sunny days turn urban grime into dangerous pollution   Telegraph.co.uk
​Grime on city streets becomes pollution in the air   CBS News
RT   
U.S. News & World Report   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Cassini spacecraft studies moon that orbits Saturn backward   
Christian Science Monitor
The tiny moon of Hyrrokkin is one of the Norse group of Saturn's 60 or so moons, which orbits the gas giant in a retrograde direction. By Morgan Rehnberg, Sen August 17, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. Tiny Hyrrokkin hides amongst a field of stars ...
Pushing the limit with 1000 mph winds…   WNCT (blog)
Cassini to make final flyby of Saturn's moon Dione   The Space Reporter
This Week's Night Sky: Spot a Gap in Saturn's Rings   National Geographic
Daily Beast   
CBS News   
Forbes   
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Times LIVE   

DNA set to replace the hard drive   
Times LIVE
The next challenge is to find a way of searching for information encoded in strands of DNA floating in a drop of liquid. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images/ Thinkstock. DNA could be used to store digital information and preserve essential knowledge for ...

2015-08-18 U.S. Sports

New York Times   

Yankees Game Turns Grisly in an Instant as Bryan Mitchell Is Hit   
New York Times
Bryan Mitchell ended the top of the first inning at Yankee Stadium by striking out the cleanup hitter with a 97-mile-an-hour fastball. He punched his glove in excitement as he bounced off the mound. The next inning ended in horror for him. Mitchell, a ...
Rapid Reaction: Yankees 8, Twins 7 (10)   ESPN (blog)
Yankees pitcher Bryan Mitchell hit in face by line drive, suffers nasal fracture   Yahoo Sports (blog)
Yankees Lose Pitcher to Liner to Face, Beat Twins in 10th   ABC News
New York Daily News   
USA TODAY   
Los Angeles Times   
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SI.com   

Chris Johnson signs one-year deal with the Cardinals   
Washington Post
Apparently, the bullet hole in his body has healed well enough that Chris Johnson can go back to trying to find the holes his offensive line creates. The running back was signed by the Cardinals on Monday to a one-year contract, reportedly worth up to ...
Andre Ellington can now study Chris Johnson up close   ESPN (blog)
NFL notes: Veteran running back Chris Johnson signs with Arizona   Los Angeles Times
Cross him off the potential Cowboys RB addition list: Chris Johnson signs one ...   Dallas Morning News
SFGate   
Bleacher Report   
CDA News   
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New York Times   

Union Ruling Underlines NCAA's Evolution   
New York Times
Among the more notable features of Monday's landmark decision by the National Labor Relations Board declining to recognize Northwestern football players' unionization efforts was the time it took to make it. A petition was filed in January 2014. An N.L ...
Northwestern Union Reverse   Wall Street Journal
Q&A about the Northwestern football union ruling   Tampabay.com
Colleges: Ruling to allow athletes to unionize is thrown out by NLRB   Akron Beacon Journal
FOXSports.com   
Washington Post   
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ESPN   

Salazar cools down Boston's bats; Cleveland wins 8-2   
Washington Post
BOSTON — Danny Salazar pitched seven strong innings to cool off Boston's hot bats, and Lonnie Chisenhall had a solo homer and three RBIs to carry the Cleveland Indians past the Red Sox 8-2 on Monday night. Carlos Santana also hit a solo shot, and ...

2015-08-18 U.S. Entertainment

Reuters   

US actor Emile Hirsch gets 15 days in jail for festival assault   
Reuters
SALT LAKE CITY Actor Emile Hirsch will serve 15 days in jail after the "Into the Wild" star pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor assault charge for putting a female movie executive in a headlock during a film festival, a court official said on Monday.
Emile Hirsch gets short jail sentence for assaulting female studio exec   CBC.ca
Emile Hirsch reaches deal in studio-exec assault case, pleads guilty to ...   Los Angeles Times
Emile Hirsch pleads guilty to assault on studio exec   CBS News
TV3.ie   
Entertainment Weekly   
Philly.com   
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E! Online   

Get the Look: Copy Sarah Hyland's Teen Choice Awards Cornrow Bob   
E! Online
Short, sweet and to the point. These days Hollywood seems to be overrun by celebs with sassy, shoulder-skimming bobs. At last night's Teen Choice Awards, we saw Sarah Hyland looking fresh as ever, rocking the flirty cut styled in tousled low-key waves, ...

2015-08-18 U.S. Technology

ABC News   

Amazon Under Fire For Alleged Difficult Working Environment   
ABC News
equipment to come ply with environmental regulations. We Hurn to Amazon under the microscope of a "New York times" microscope described a brutal work environment. Amazon rushing all sorts of goods to our house. And Jeff bazos says it's not the ...

2015-08-18 U.S. Business

Forbes   

IRS Releases Additional Statement On Illegal Access To Taxpayer Accounts   
Forbes
Years ago, I found myself sitting in law school in Moot Court wearing an oversized itchy blue suit. It was a horrible experience. In a desperate attempt to avoid anything like that in the future I enrolled in a tax course. I loved it. I signed up for ...
Hacking of Tax Returns More Extensive Than First Reported, IRS Says   New York Times
IRS Says Cyberattacks Were Extensive   Fox Business
IRS data breach bigger than previously thought   Christian Science Monitor
Fortune   
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty   
NOLA.com   
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ABC News   

Amazon Under Fire For Alleged Difficult Working Environment   
ABC News
equipment to come ply with environmental regulations. We Hurn to Amazon under the microscope of a "New York times" microscope described a brutal work environment. Amazon rushing all sorts of goods to our house. And Jeff bazos says it's not the ...

2015-08-18 U.S. U.S.

CBC.ca   

Former Fairfax police officer charged with murder of unarmed Springfield man   
Washington Post
A former Fairfax County police officer was charged with second-degree murder Monday, nearly two years after he shot and killed an unarmed Springfield man who stood with his hands raised in the doorway of his home. The indictment of Adam D. Torres in ...

2015-08-18 U.S. World

The Hindu   

The Latest: Thai Prime Minister Promises to Find Bombers   
New York Times
BANGKOK — The latest on Monday night's bombing at a shrine next to a busy central Bangkok intersection: ___. 9:45 a.m.. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha promised to "hurry and find the bombers." "We haven't concluded who did this, but they definitely ...