2015-11-07 U.S. Spotlight

AnandTech   

The Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Review   
AnandTech
To be perfectly honest, this past year has been remarkably boring in the mobile segment. For whatever reason, phones have either stood still or regressed when it comes to overall quality. There are a few stand-outs that have been worth talking about ...

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NASA confirms that the 'impossible' EmDrive thruster really works, after new tests   
Digital Trends
Engineer Roger Shawyer's controversial EmDrive thruster jets back into relevancy this week, as a team of researchers at NASA's Eagleworks Laboratories recently completed yet another round of testing on the seemingly impossible tech. Though no official ...

2015-11-07 U.S. Health

CBS News   

Transplant tourism can increase risk for organ recipients   
CBS News
When people languish on a wait-list for a kidney transplant, they may start to consider a desperate measure: Traveling to a country where they can buy a donor kidney on the black market. But beyond the legal and ethical pitfalls, experts say, the ...
Kidney Transplant 'Tourism' Comes With Risks: Study   U.S. News & World Report
Traveling abroad for organ transplants increases health risks   UPI.com
Kidney Transplant 'Tourism' Comes With Risks   WebMD
Newswise (press release)   
Renal and Urology News   
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Washington Post   

This winter depression treatment lasts longer than sitting under a bright light   
Washington Post
The days growing shorter and colder can be more than just a nuisance; the seasonal change can also trigger clinical depression. Those who suffer from seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, may turn to a light box to help make them feel better. But a new ...
Talk Therapy May Beat Light Treatment for SAD: Study   Philly.com
Psychotherapy Bests Light Therapy for SAD Sufferers   Voice of America
Talk therapy may beat light treatment for SAD   WSFA
Youth Health Magzine   
Youth Independent News   
FamilyDoctor.org   
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KCRA Sacramento   

California reports first infant flu death of the season   
San Jose Mercury News
Two days after announcing that the death of an adult Santa Clara County resident from flu was the first reported flu death of the season, California Department of Public Health officials on Friday said an infant also has succumbed to the highly ...
US flu levels still low, with few global hot spots   CIDRAP
Australia to distribute stronger flu vaccine for 2016 season   UPI.com
Salinas Valley Memorial offers free flu shots Saturday   The Salinas Californian
KGO-TV   
Merced Sun-Star   
Renton Reporter   
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UPI.com   

FDA approves single-pill HIV treatment   
UPI.com
The all-in-one drug includes a new formulation of the drug tenofovir that was shown to reduce side effects from similar HIV treatments. By Stephen Feller | Nov. 6, 2015 at 3:38 PM. Comments 0 Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter. Genvoya ...
FDA Approves HIV-1 Treatment That's Easier on Kidneys and Bones   P&T Community
Gilead's new four-in-one HIV pill wins U.S. approval   Junior College
FDA Approves New Single-Pill HIV Drug That Prevents Kidney Damage   StarmineNews.com
FiercePharma   
Daily Mail   
Times of India   
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Reuters   

FDA panel backs Merck & Co drug to reverse muscle relaxant effect   
Reuters
Merck & Co's drug to reverse the effects of muscle relaxants used in surgery is safe and effective enough to warrant approval, an independent panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The drug, which goes by the chemical name of sugammadex, ...

2015-11-07 U.S. Science

CBS News   

NY attorney general wields powerful weapon in Exxon climate case   
Reuters
By Mica RosenbergA near century-old statute that gives New York state prosecutors unusually broad authority to prosecute securities fraud could prove a powerful weapon as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman probes Exxon Mobil Corp over whether the oil ...

2015-11-07 U.S. Sports

USA TODAY   

Thirteen best games left in 2015 NFL season includes Brady-Manning matchup   
USA TODAY
As far as the NFL's 2015 regular-season schedule goes, the best might still be ahead. The final two months include two matchups featuring currently unbeaten teams (New England Patriots at Denver Broncos, and Cincinnati Bengals at Broncos) as well as as ...

2015-11-07 U.S. Entertainment

TIME   

7 things we learned from the new Japanese 'Star Wars' trailer   
Mashable
Abrams, a man of few words these days, specifically said there would be no more trailers before the Dec. 18 release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But the slyest marketing team in the galaxy still sneaked a few new images into the Japanese version of ...
The Most Exciting Part of the New 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer Has ...   Indie Wire (blog)
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is THIS character seen dead in the trailer?   HitFix
Why Does Japan Get Its Very Own Star Wars Trailer?   Bloomberg
Dork Side of the Force   
MovieWeb   
CBS Local   
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New York Daily News   

Lamar Odom to celebrate his 36th birthday in the hospital with a small party ...   
New York Daily News
Lamar Odom remains hospitalized but held court during an intimate birthday party inside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday, a source told the Daily News. Wife Khloé Kardashian, 31, planned the small soiree to mark his 36th year and invited some of ...
Khloé Kardashian Throws Exclusive 36th Birthday Party for Lamar Odom - in the ...   People Magazine
How Is Lamar Odom Spending His Birthday? Get the Details on How Khloe ...   E! Online
Khloe Kardashian Got Lamar Odom's 'Heart Racing' By Twerking For Him On His ...   Hollywood Life
International Business Times   
CBS News   
TMZ.com   
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E! Online   

Chloë Grace Moretz Starring in The Little Mermaid Live-Action Film   
E! Online
Well, isn't this neat? It looks like Chloe Grace Moretz is about to get the full mermaid experience, because the actress has been tapped to star in the live-action film for—you guessed it—The Little Mermaid. Moretz took to her Instagram tonight to ...
Chloe Moretz to Star in 'Little Mermaid' for Working Title; Richard Curtis to ...   Variety
Chloe Moretz to star in Universal's live-action The Little Mermaid   Entertainment Weekly
Chloe Grace Moretz confirms 'Little Mermaid' role   USA TODAY
ComingSoon.net   
Hollywood Reporter   
A.V. Club   
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Variety   

Digital Tracking: Bond Finally Topples 'The Martian' With 'Spectre'   
Variety
Does digital data offer indicators that can be used to monitor marketing effectiveness and predict box office success even before awareness turns into intent? Moviepilot — which studies social data and box office trends — analyzes this weekend's new ...
Is James Bond's 'Spectre' car, Aston Martin DB10, a hint of DB11?   Los Angeles Times
Spectre Fails to Create a Powerful Bond Girl   TIME
All About 007: The Top James Bond Cars, Gadgets, Villains, Potential ...   Forbes
WIRED   
Hollywood Reporter   
CBS Local   
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E! Online   

Project Runway Winner Ashley Nell Tipton Wants to Break the Rules of Plus-Size ...   
E! Online
Project Runway made history when it crowned plus-size designer Ashley Nell Tipton the winner of season 14. Not only was she the first plus-size designer to make it to the finale, but she was also the first to put an entirely plus-size collection down ...
Ashley Nell Tipton Talks 'Project Runway' & What Comes Next   Bustle
Lifetime's "Project Runway" Sews Up Season 14 with Season Highs Across All ...   The Futon Critic
Ratings: 'Project Runway' Finale Hits Two-Year Highs in Demos   Variety
TheWrap   
SFGate (blog)   
Mashable   
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Forbes   

Elvis Presley's 'If I Can Dream' Scores Chart Record With Number 1 Album   
Forbes
Elvis Presley is back at the top of the charts. A new Elvis stamp was also released this year. (USPS via AP). Elvis has got the record books, and sales figures, all shook up. Some four decades after his death, the new Elvis Presley album, If I Can ...
Elvis Presley Breaks Record for Most UK No. 1 Albums By Male Solo Artist   Billboard
Elvis Presley tops UK album chart again, 40 years on   Reuters
Elvis Gets His Twelfth #1 Album in Britain; Rod Stewart in at 2; Erasure at 9   VVN Music
Fox News   
AceShowbiz   
BBC News   
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PerezHilton.com   

Watch This Sneak Peek Of Adele's First Television Performance In Two Years!   
PerezHilton.com
We're so excited for this! Adele's first television performance in two years is set to air this month, but now we're getting a sneak peek of her sensational set! The 27-year-old sang for BBC Music in an hour-long special hosted by Graham Norton, and ...
Adele Admits She Has Management Approve Her Social Media Musings After 'Drunk ...   People Magazine
Once a drunk tweeter, Adele says her posts must now be approved   CNET
Adele Sings 'Hello' Live for the 1st Time   ABC News
Telegraph.co.uk   
BBC News   
BBC   
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People Magazine   

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Hold Hands: Inside Their Sweet Debut as a Couple   
People Magazine
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani took their romance out on the town in Nashville on Wednesday. Following months of relationship speculation, Shelton, 39, and Stefani, 46, made their first appearance as a couple at a CMA Awards afterparty. "They were very ...

2015-11-07 U.S. Technology

New York Times   

Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in US   
New York Times
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would teach machines how to learn and make decisions. Now Toyota wants a ...
Autonomous cars aren't nearly as clever as you think, says Toyota exec   Computerworld
Toyota Setting Up Major Research Lab in Silicon Valley   Wall Street Journal
Demand for robots, artificial intelligence rising   CBS News

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Engadget   

Apple TV review (2015): A huge leap forward, unless you want 4K   
Engadget
For years, Apple TV has been like a perpetually ignored child, eclipsed by its overachieving siblings, the iPhone and iPad. Design-wise, it hasn't changed at all since 2010, and it's been shackled with one of the most archaic Apple interfaces around ...
Opinion: With Apple TV 4's open app platform, some classic channels offer ...   9 to 5 Mac (press release)
Apple TV is pretty great, but there's one $#&%# thing | Tech Review   The Seattle Times
iOS App Store Gains New 'Shopping' Category   Mac Rumors
AppAdvice   
BGR   
eWeek   
Plex Blog   
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TechCrunch   

Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Google Photos Team   
TechCrunch
Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over the past 18 months. Their suite of apps (Tempo, Fly and Crop) will be made available for the ...

2015-11-07 U.S. Business

Bloomberg   

The Fed's Pace Will Be the Next Big Debate   
Bloomberg
With the U.S. October jobs report cementing expectations for a December interest rate rise, the next big fight on the Federal Reserve's policy-setting committee will be over the pace of future increases. “It is going to be a very hot debate,” St. Louis ...
After stellar month for US jobs market, Federal Reserve increasingly likely to ...   Washington Post
Surging US job growth lowers bar for Fed rate hike   Reuters
Stocks End Mixed as Market Factors Interest Rate Hike   New York Times
Miami Herald   
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New York Times   

Citing Climate Change, Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a symbol of the debate over his climate policies.
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline in win for greens   Reuters
Obama's Keystone Rejection Strengthens His Hand at Climate Talks   Bloomberg
A disappointing but long-awaited decision on the Keystone XL pipeline   Washington Post
Huffington Post   
The New Yorker   
Whitehouse.gov (press release)   
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Reuters   

Berkshire profit doubles to record on Kraft Heinz   
Reuters
NEW YORKWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) said quarterly profit doubled to a record high, reflecting a large gain on its stake in Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O), while operating profit declined on weaker results from insurance underwriting.
Berkshire hurt by IBM, bolstered by Kraft Heinz   MarketWatch
Buffett's firm doubles its profit on Kraft Heinz merger   Salt Lake Tribune
Berkshire Hathaway Inks a Record Third Quarter   Motley Fool
Morningstar.com   
New York Times   
Forbes   
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Reuters   

Wall St. flat as rate hike eyed; banks counter utilities drop   
Reuters
U.S. stocks ended little changed on Friday, with a rise in financials countered by a slide in utilities and other sectors, as Wall Street took the strong U.S. jobs report as evidence the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates. Since the Fed ...
Stocks' win streak hits six weeks   USA TODAY
U.S. Stocks Erase Drop Amid Optimism on Economy After Jobs Surge   Bloomberg
Anxieties rise as rate hikes approach   CBS News
MarketWatch   
International Business Times   
Post-Bulletin   
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Bloomberg   

Square's Lower IPO Valuation Casts Shadow Over Startups   
Bloomberg
Square Inc.'s initial public offering is the latest evidence that startups are attaining lofty valuations in private funding that will be hard to sustain once they reach public markets. The mobile-payments provider is seeking a market valuation of as ...
Square's IPO valuation reflects tougher market for tech debuts   USA TODAY
Square's IPO Terms Put Valuation Below Latest Funding Round   Wall Street Journal
Biz Break: Square proposes terms for $403.7 million IPO   Contra Costa Times
Phys.Org   
GlobalPost   
San Francisco Business Times (blog)   
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Wall Street Journal   

United CEO Oscar Munoz Plans First-Quarter Return   
Wall Street Journal
United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL 2.09 % Chief Executive Oscar Munoz on Thursday said he plans to return to his job at the airline in the first quarter, breaking his silence after suffering a heart attack three weeks ago. “I am excited to tell you ...
United's Munoz Plans to Return in Early 2016 After Heart Attack   Bloomberg
UPDATE 2-United Airlines CEO to return in early 2016 after heart attack   Reuters
United Airlines' ailing CEO Oscar Munoz displays his true colors in health update   Chicago Business Journal
TravelPulse   
USA TODAY   
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Detroit Free Press   

GM deal appears ratified, but skilled trades delay it   
Detroit Free Press
Skilled trades workers threw a monkey wrench Friday into what appeared to be a ratified contract between the UAW and General Motors, causing at least a few days' delay in signing bonuses, raises and other benefits for about 52,700 workers. Late Friday ...

2015-11-07 U.S. U.S.

New York Times   

Citing Climate Change, Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a symbol of the debate over his climate policies.
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline in win for greens   Reuters
Obama's Keystone Rejection Strengthens His Hand at Climate Talks   Bloomberg
A disappointing but long-awaited decision on the Keystone XL pipeline   Washington Post
Huffington Post   
The New Yorker   
Whitehouse.gov (press release)   
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ABC News   

Charge Upgraded to Murder in Kentucky Police Officer Death   
ABC News
This booking photo released by the Madison County Detention Center shows Raleigh Sizemore, 34, who is charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at a Kentucky police officer who was searching a Richmond, Ky. apartment complex for a ...

2015-11-07 U.S. World

CNN   

Report: Black boxes show bomb brought down Russian jet   
CNN
(CNN) European investigators who analyzed the two flight recorders from the Metrojet plane that went down last weekend in Egypt are categorically saying the crash is not an accident, CNN affiliate France 2 reported Friday. The investigators said the ...
Resisting Bomb Theory, Egypt Finds Itself Increasingly Alone   New York Times
ISIS Operatives Boasted About Taking Down Russian Metrojet: US Officials   NBCNews.com
Russia suspends Egypt flights, US boosts security as intelligence points to bomb   Reuters
Washington Post   
Wall Street Journal   
CBS News   
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Hindustan Times   

Sound of Dams Bursting in Brazil Sent Residents Running   
New York Times
MARIANA, Brazil — The flood of mud came without a warning. The only hint the roughly 600 residents of Bento Rodrigues had that a sea of viscous, clay-red mud was about to flow into their village with the destructive power of lava was a deafening clap.
UPDATE 5-Dozens missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   Reuters
At least 2 dead in Brazil after dam bursts, flooding small village   Fox News Latino
Dozens missing in BHP-Vale mine disaster in Brazil as rescue continues   The Guardian
Folha de S.Paulo   
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Reuters   

US patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim: officials   
Reuters
WASHINGTONThe U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions with Beijing during a patrol last week near islands China has built in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said. "We wanted to ...
Chinese warship and US destroyer keep it friendly in South China Sea   New York Post
US Wants China to be Part of Asian Security System: Ashton Carter   NDTV
EU urges peaceful settlement in disputed sea   ABS CBN News
新华搜索 - 新华网   
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New York Times   

In Protesting Against Israel, Youth in Gaza Also Defy Hamas   
New York Times
El BUREIJ, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian youths huddled in the prohibited zone along the fence separating Gaza from Israel on Friday, cloaked by thick smoke pluming from flaming tires as they hurled rocks at Israeli jeeps. A tear gas canister came ...
Palestinian shooting attacks signal escalation in West Bank   CBS News
Blade of jihad: Extremists embrace the knife as tool of terror   Fox News
Palestinian woman, 72, killed after suspected car attack in West Bank   Reuters
Ynetnews   
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The Guardian   

Million Mask march put officers' lives at risk – police chief   
The Guardian
Cdr Harrington said a significant number of the 700-1,000 protesters came 'intent on violence or disorder'. Photograph: Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images. Vikram Dodd Josh Hallidayand Damien Gayle. Friday 6 November 2015 13.36 EST Last modified on Friday ...