daily links: november 2012

11.1.12
NBC News—Chinese government considering ending its one child per couple policy
CBS News—Korean elephant has learned to speak three human words
ABCnews.com—NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses Obama for president
USA Today—Apple delays iTunes 11, originally promised by October, until the end of November
CNN.com—Netflix shares surge after Carl Icahn buys 10% of the company
Fox News—Former All Star pitcher murdered in the Dominican Republic


11.2.12
CNN.com—Buckyballs toys being discontinued after commission deems them unsafe
CBS News—Curiosity rover finds no initial signs of methane on Mars
Fox News—New study says it can explain why professional basketball players miss their free throws
BBC News—US man fined $1.5 million for sharing gay porn on BitTorrent
MSNBC—Astronomers capture light from earliest stars
ABCnews.com—iPad mini goes on sale


11.5.12
ABCnews.com—New Jersey allowing resident displaced by Sandy to vote via email
CBS News—After NYC marathon canceled because of damage from Sandy, some runners complete the course anyway
NBC News—14 year old Chinese boy qualifies for the Masters after winning amateur championship
USA Today—United to become first US airline to fly Boeing's 787 Dreamliner
Fox News—Seven people injured by unknown gunman at Georgia county fair
CNN.com—Police helicopter crashes in Atlanta, killing both officers on board


11.6.12
CBS News—Apple may not approve a Google Maps app for iOS 6, even though a good maps app is desperately needed
ABCnews.com—Ohio woman breaks into house, cleans up, and leaves $75 bill for homeowners
USA Today—Parent makes rape and death threats against volleyball coach after daughter is pulled from game
Fox News—Man hopes to find definitive proof of Bigfoot using a remote controlled aircraft and a thermal imaging camera
BBC News—Netflix board implements poison pill to ward off a hostile takeover
Huffington Post—George Lucas will donate entire $4 billion that he made from sale of Lucasfilm to Disney to educational efforts


11.7.12
ABCnews.com—Barack Obama reelected to second term
Fox News—Disgraced dean from St. John's University hangs herself the day after testifying in her own defense in court
CNN.com—Harrison Ford says he's open to the idea of reprising his role of Han Solo in new Star Wars films
BBC News—Apple lawsuit against Google dismissed by US judge
NBC News—Halo 4 launches
CBS News—NASA will send you an email to alert you when the ISS is flying over your location


11.8.12
CNN.com—Tour de France winner injured after car hits his bike
NBC News—NYC implements gas rationing plan
ABCnews.com—Photo on latest cover of Time was shot with an iPhone
CBS News—Man who shot an Arizona congresswoman and killed six others in a shooting spree sentenced to seven consecutive life terms
BBC News—Mastercard unveils credit card with built in keyboard and LCD screen
USA Today—Mark Wahlberg to star in next Transformers movie


11.9.12
ABCnews.com—CIA director David Petraeus resigns after FBI discovers that he had an affair with his biographer
CNN.com—Priceline buying Kayak for $1.8 billion
Fox News—The Pope will soon join Twitter
NBC News—Several members of SEAL Team Six disciplined after helping to develop Medal of Honor video game
USA Today—Some New York state banks will waive fees and student loan payments for customers affected by Sandy
CBS News—Meat eating sponge discovered in deep ocean waters


11.12.12
USA Today—Anti-virus pioneer McAfee sought in connection with the murder of a Florida businessman
CBS News—Elmo puppeteer accused of having sexual relationship with teenage boy
NBC News—Steve Ballmer admits that early sales of Microsoft's Surface tablet are modest
Fox News—US on track to become world's largest producer of oil by 2020
ABCnews.com—Arizona elects first openly bisexual member of Congress
BBC News—Blizzard being sued over security devices that are sold as addons to its games


11.13.12
NBC News—Arizona woman runs over husband with car and critically injures him because he didn't vote
CBS News—Two brothers who claimed a $5 million lottery scratch off sold at their family store accused of swindling a customer out of the winning ticket
NBC News—Man who claimed he had a sexual relationship at age 16 with Elmo puppeteer recants his story
Fox News—Miami Marlins arrange massive trade with Toronto Blue Jays in an effort to shed salary
CNN.com—People unlike Romney on Facebook in massive numbers after presidential loss
ABCnews.com—Tesla S named Motortrend's Car of the Year


11.14.12
USA Today—Mets pitcher becomes first knuckleballer to win the Cy Young
CNN.com—Janeane Garofolo discovers that she has been married for 20 years after a Vegas ceremony she didn't think was real
Fox News—Head of Microsoft's Windows division ousted
CBS News—Obama says he won't back down on tax hikes for the wealthy
BBC News—Findings from Large Hadron Collider could weaken theory of supersymmetry
NBC News—Hostess could be shuttered for good if they cannot reach an agreement with striking workers


11.15.12
USA Today—Mets pitcher becomes first knuckleballer to win the Cy Young
CNN.com—Janeane Garofolo discovers that she has been married for 20 years after a Vegas ceremony she didn't think was real
Fox News—Head of Microsoft's Windows division ousted
CBS News—Obama says he won't back down on tax hikes for the wealthy
BBC News—Findings from Large Hadron Collider could weaken theory of supersymmetry
NBC News—Hostess could be shuttered for good if they cannot reach an agreement with striking workers


11.16.12
CNN.com—Thieves snag $1.5 million worth of new iPad minis from JFK
BBC News—Scientists find evidence of airborn ebola virus
CBS News—Google invests $75 million in Iowa wind farm
USA Today—Halo 4 earns $220 million on its first day of sales
Fox News—Microsoft being sued for having less storage space on their Surface tablet than advertised
NBC News—INXS calls it quits after 35 years together. I'm sure most people thought that happened 20 years ago.


11.19.12
CNN.com—Apple granted a patent for the virtual page turn
USA Today—Hostess and striking workers ordered into mediation by judge, avoiding the dissolution of the iconic bakery
CBS News—Walmart workers planning Black Friday protests over pay and benefits
Fox News—New documentary claims that a known serial killer was responsible for the death of Nicole Brown Simpson
NBC News—Intel CEO announces his retirement
BBC News—AC/DC's entire catalog available on iTunes for the first time


11.20.12
USA Today—Grinnell College basketball player sets NCAA record by scoring 138 points in a single game
CBS News—Fiona Apple postpones her tour to spend time with her dying dog
CNN.com—Voice of Elmo resigns from Sesame Street after second allegation of sex with underage boy surfaces
ABCnews.com—Mediation fails to save Hostess
NBC News—Retired boxer Hector Macho Camacho shot in the face in Puerto Rico
Fox News—Former Price Is Right model wins lawsuit against the show


11.21.12
BBC News—Legendary game designer Peter Molyneux using Kickstarter to fund his latest project
Fox News—New bill would make it harder for law enforcement to access your email without your knowledge
NBC News—Judge says that plaintiffs in sexual harrassment lawsuit must hand over their Facebook passwords as part of the discovery process
ABCnews.com—McAfee blogs while on the run from police in Belize
USA Today—Department of Energy to fund research into smaller and cheaper nuclear reactors
CNN.com—Pentagon wants slower, quieter bullets for its special forces troops


11.26.12
ABCnews.com—Man arrested after telling children that Santa isn't real
USA Today—Auburn fires football coach two years after he led them to a national title
CNN.com—Larry Hagman dies at 81
CBS News—Street artist and art toy designer KAWS has balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
NBC News—Gamer sets world record by playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for 135 straight hours
Fox News—Powerball jackpot jumps to $425 million


11.27.12
CNN.com—Nicki Minaj blames soft sales of her new album on Target and Walmart not stocking the CD
ABCnews.com—Admissions supervisor blows whistle on the for-profit college that employed him, saying that the institution inflates job placement rates
Fox News—Scientists claim to have discovered new smell
USA Today—Air New Zealand unveils Hobbit-themed plane
CBS News—New Jersey governor files papers stating his intention to run for a second term
NBC News—Two and a Half Men star calls his show filth and encourages viewers to stop watching


11.28.12
CBS News—Nude AIDS activists arrested in John Boehner's office
Fox News—Pong turns 40
USA Today—Microsoft sells 750,000 Xbox 360s on Black Friday
NBC News—Military women sue to be allowed in combat roles
CNN.com—Third person comes forward to claim that Elmo puppeteer had sex with him when he was a minor
BBC News—Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed video on YouTube ever


11.29.12
ABCnews.com—College suing couple over unfulfilled $5 million pledge
CNN.com—General Accounting Office recommends replacing dollar bills with dollar coins
MSNBC—Family sues CIA over scientist's mysterious death
CBS News—Louisville will become newest member of the ACC, replacing Maryland, which is headed to the Big Ten
USA Today—Apple fires Maps manager
Fox News—Ohio man sentenced to a month in jail for making fun of a girl with cerebral palsy


11.30.12
USA Today—Scientists find evidence of ice on Mercury
CBS News—Microsoft says the professional version of its Surface tablet will cost $900
Fox News—MoMA elevates artistic status of video games by announcing plans for a gaming gallery featuring 40 classic arcade games
BBC News—Researchers discover method to turn a patient's own blood into personalized stem cells
CNN.com—Apple releases iTunes 11
ABCnews.com—Stock of gaming company Zynga falls after new terms of its working agreement with Facebook are disclosed

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