us-hotdailynews: 2015-10-31

2015-10-31 U.S. Spotlight

Meet RankBrain: The Artificial Intelligence That's Now Processing Google ...
Search Engine Land
Move over, Google search algorithm hand-crafted by hard-working Google engineers. RankBrain has moved in, a machine-learning artificial intelligence that Google's been using to process a “very large fraction” of search results per day. It's not really ...

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How did Lamar Odom fall so far?
ESPN
The cellphone service along Nevada state Route 160 starts getting spotty about 30 miles outside of Las Vegas. Calls drop mid-sentence, if they connect at all. The radio cuts out just past Mountain Springs. GPS endlessly recalculates. By the time you ...

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Entries, odds | Complete Breeders' Cup draw
The Courier-Journal
Let the handicapping commence. Post positions were announced Monday for all 13 Breeders' Cup races set for Friday at Saturday at Keeneland, marking the Lexington track's first go-around as host of the championships. Most fields are full -- some of them ...

2015-10-31 U.S. Health

Reuters

Bacon fans embrace the hog on cancer report, but futures take fright
Reuters
CHICAGO Standing at the meat counter at a Mariano's grocery store in Chicago, a half-dozen customers bantered with the butchers about the recent World Health Organization report linking processed meat to colorectal cancer. "Give me two pounds of bacon ...

2015-10-31 U.S. Science

Los Angeles Times

After diving deep through icy geysers, Cassini sends images of Enceladus
Los Angeles Times
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back several new images of Enceladus after executing its latest dive through the geyser of water ice, vapor and other particles shooting out of the frigid moon's surface. Amina Khan Contact Reporter. Just in time for ...

2015-10-31 U.S. Sports

USA TODAY

David Wright ignites offense, Mets trail Royals 2-1 in World Series
USA TODAY
NEW YORK – Breaking down Game 3 of the World Series from Citi Field between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets: Mets 9, Royals 3, Royals lead series 2-1. ***. The final: David Wright drove in four runs and the Mets broke open a close game with ...

2015-10-31 U.S. Entertainment

Washington Post

Al Molinaro, character actor on 'Happy Days' and 'Odd Couple,' dies at 96
Washington Post
Al Molinaro, an actor who specialized in lovable blue-collar roles and played his Midwestern cadence, penguin-like physique, beaked nose and wayward eyebrows for laughs on the long-running sitcoms “The Odd Couple” and “Happy Days,” died Oct. 30 at a ...

2015-10-31 U.S. Technology

New York Times

Meg Whitman Seeks Reinvention for HP as It Prepares for Split
New York Times
PALO ALTO, Calif. — When Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard's chief executive, was preparing to cleave her company in two, she feared reliving a shoe disaster from early in her career. Ms. Whitman was an executive in charge of the Keds brand at Stride Rite ...
Bye-bye HP, it's the end of an era   Fortune
Whitman Readies Slimmed-Down HP for Duel With Bulked-Up Dell   Bloomberg
HP split-up to create 2 Fortune 100 companies   San Angelo Standard Times
Rome News-Tribune
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Forbes

iPhone Success Driven By Angry Android Users
Forbes
Where do you find new users for your mobile platform? It's a question that is becoming more important as the smartphone markets in the West become saturated. While the BRIC countries offer new users and the potential for explosive adoption numbers ...
Control the Beats Pill+ With Apple's Second Android App   PC Magazine
Why code for iOS over Android? It's 30 percent less expensive says one app shop   ZDNet
Apple's latest Android app gives you control of the Beats Pill+   Engadget
VentureBeat
Apple Insider
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Mashable

Sonos Play:5 has booming sounds and intriguing smarts
Mashable
Mashable Choice highlights the products and services we've tested and would recommend to others. Consider it Liked, Favorited, +1'ed and Pinned. Headshot_2015_lanceulanoff_1. By Lance Ulanoff 17 hours ago. Sonos is well known for its Wi-Fi ...

2015-10-31 U.S. Business

Los Angeles Times

Investor Ackman defends Valeant in 4-hour conference call
Los Angeles Times
In his talk Friday, Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square Capital Management, answered nearly 200 questions sent by email from investors and reporters. In his talk Friday, Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square Capital Management, answered nearly 200 ...

2015-10-31 U.S. U.S.

Washington Post

The 17-year story behind Marco Rubio's cut-down of Jeb Bush
Washington Post
It started in 1998, with a $50 check out of the blue. The money was a donation from one of the highest-placed men in Florida politics — Jeb Bush, the son of a former president who was about to be elected governor — to one of the lowest. Marco Rubio ...
Paul Singer, Influential Billionaire, Throws Support to Marco Rubio for President   New York Times
Rising Rubio Seeks to Separate From GOP's Presidential Pack   ABC News
Bush team bracing for cash crunch   Politico
Bloomberg
TIME
Daily Caller
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NBCNews.com

Deadly Floods, Possible Tornadoes Strike Texas as Storm Sweeps Through
NBCNews.com
At least two people are dead and another is missing as storms thundered through parts of Texas Friday, dumping more than a foot of rain on some areas and causing floods that trapped school buses and other vehicles, officials said. The body of a driver ...
More Rain Coming for DFW; Storms Leave Damage in Central Texas   NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Severe Weather Watch, Including Tornadoes and Flash Flood Watches   ABC News
Floods: From bad to worse in Central Texas   Fort Worth Star Telegram
Reuters
The City of San Antonio
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Herald & Review

Report: Border agents used stun guns on fleeing suspects
Miami Herald
U.S. border authorities fired stun guns at least 70 times over four years at people who were running away, even though there was no struggle or clear indication that agents were in danger, a newspaper reported Friday. At least six times, agents used ...
A window into Taser use at the border   Los Angeles Times

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AL.com

Watch now: Coach suspended for praying featured in new video by 'Woodlawn ...
AL.com
Coach Joe Kennedy has been placed on paid leave after he prayed at a high school football game in defiance of a school district directive. (Contributed photo/Liberty Institute). Print Email · Leada Gore | lgore@al.com By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com AL.com
Coach Suspended for Praying at HS Football Games Attends as Spectator, as ...   ABC News
Praying football coach placed on paid leave by district   Business Insider
The 1st Amendment and 50-yard-line prayers   TheNewsTribune.com
Norwich Bulletin
Kitsap Sun
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AL.com

5 Tips For the End of Daylight Saving Time
ABC News
Here's a few things to keep in mind this weekend as Daylight Savings Time ends. 77 Shares. Email. Excited about that extra hour of sleep this weekend? Here's a few things to keep in mind, before you celebrate the end of Daylight Savings Time this Sunday.
The day that keeps on giving: DST gets us 25 hours   The Daily Advertiser
Daylight saving time winds up controversy   Amarillo.com
Daylight saving time: 5 things to know   13WMAZ
Heavy.com
WIBW
KTIC
Time and Date
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Washington Post

The Latest: California fines water suppliers amid drought
Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — The latest on California fining water suppliers amid its devastating drought (all times local): 1 p.m.. State officials for the first time are fining California water suppliers for failing to meet a mandated 25 percent reduction in ...

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Washington Times

Prosecutors done questioning key witness in ex-coal CEO case
Kansas City Star
After a key government witness spent days helping defense lawyers paint a former coal boss as safety-minded, prosecutors reined their witness in Friday by directing him to testify about dozens of serious mine safety violations he agreed could have been ...

2015-10-31 U.S. World

New York Times

Obama Sends Special Operations Forces to Help Fight ISIS in Syria
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Friday that he had ordered several dozen Special Operations troops into Syria for the first open-ended mission by United States ground forces in that country, deepening American involvement in a war he ...

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