daily links: december 2012

12.3.12
BBC News—Inventor of new plastic light bulb technology promises light closer to solar light than compact flourescent bulbs
CNN.com—Staples announces in-store 3D printing services
CBS News—Supreme Court to decide if genes can be patented
Fox News—DNA photographed directly for the first time
ABCnews.com—Text messaging turns 20
BBC News—Prince William and Kate Middleton announce that she is pregnant


12.4.12
NBC News—NASA plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020
Fox News—Macy's to sell sweater with embedded video screen
CBS News—Netflix wins bidding war for exclusive rights to newer Disney movies
BBC News—Rock singer charged in death of fan that happened at one of his band's concerts
CNN.com—Google overhauls Gmail app for iPhones
USA Today—Starbucks rolls out $450 gift card made of steel


12.5.12
Fox News—Woman sued for $750,000 for negative review posted on Yelp
NBC News—Reporter's iPhone photo, unscrubbed of its GPS data, reveals location of fugitive tech millionaire John McAfee
ABCnews.com—Man who charged with murder after pushing another man from a subway platform into the path of an oncoming train
USA Today—World's oldest woman dies at 116
CNN.com—Citigroup to cut 11,000 jobs
BBC News—Autonomous swimming robot completes 9,000 mile journey from San Francisco to Australia


12.6.12
CNN.com—Apple CEO Tim Cook announces that the company plans to build one line of Macs in the US next year
Fox News—Private firm wants to sell trips to the moon for $1.5 billion
CBS News—T-Mobile will start selling Apple devices next year
ABCnews.com—Call of Duty: Black Ops II hits $1 billion in sales 15 days after being released
NBC News—Judge orders man with nine children to stop procreating
BBC News—SEC considers legal action against Netflix for CEO's post on Facebook


12.7.12
BBC News—Bitcoin wins right to operate as a legitimate bank
USA Today—Nurse taking care of Kate Middleton who fell for prank call by radio DJs takes her own life
ABCnews.com—Florida wants to use genetically modified mosquitoes to fight disease
CNN.com—You will be able to text message 911 everywhere in the US by 2014
CBS News—2012 will likely be the warmest year on record
Fox News—Stephen Baldwin charged with failing to file tax returns and could face four years in prison


12.10.12
CNN.com—Republican silliness continues: Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell filibusters his own proposal once Democrats call his bluff and agree to bring it to the floor for a vote
USA Today—Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel becomes first freshman to win Heisman Trophy
NBC News—Former Republican governor of Florida Chalie Crist announces that he is now a Democrat
Fox News—7 and 11 year old boys arrested for attempted armed robbery and carjacking
BBC News—Supreme Court will hear two cases on gay marriage
ABCnews.com—Dallas Cowboys player charged with manslaughter after killing teammate in car crash


12.11.12
CNN.com—NHL officially cancels more games as lockout continues. I don't think these owners actually want to be team owners of a major sport.
ABCnews.com—Australian police urge motorists not to rely on Apple's maps app
CBS News—Apple and Google team up for $500 million bid on Kodak patent portfolio
Fox News—Thousands sign petition to urge White House to build a Death Star
USA Today—Google avoids paying $2 billion in taxes annually by using Bermuda shelter
NBC News—Elmo puppeteer faces yet another sex abuse claim


12.12.12
CBS News—North Korea successfully launches long-range rocket
Entertainment Weekly—Storage Wars cast member sues A&E, claiming he was fired after criticizing fraudulent practices by the producers
Fox News—Federal judge rules that North Carolina's pro-life license plates are unconstitutional unless they also offer a license plate representing the opposing viewpoint
NBC News—Just as the Supreme Court is poised to hear landmark gay marriage cases, Antonin Scalia equates homosexuality to bestiality and murder
CNN.com—Full trailer for Man of Steel released
ABCnews.com—Smart cups can detect the presence of date rape drugs


12.13.12
CNN.com—Newly elected senator and outspoken Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren to serve on banking committee
CBS News—Boehner tells house Republicans not to make holiday fans due to fiscal cliff showdown
USA Today—NFL pondering expansion of the playoffs
NBC News—TV commercials to be quieter starting on Thursday
BBC News—Ravi Shankar dies at 92
Fox News—Talent agency sues History Channel for $5 million, claiming the network interfered with their relationship with Pawn Stars cast members


12.14.12
Fox News—Judge officially admonished for comments in a case where he claimed that women's bodies can prevent rape if sexual intercourse is unwanted
CNN.com—Google releases native iOS 6 maps app, which I downloaded immediately
CBS News—Susan Rice withdraws from Secretary of State consideration
ABCnews.com—Texas man carves a pentagram into his six year old son's back with a box cutter
NBC News—White House must respond to Death Star petition after it garners more than 25,000 signatures
USA Today—Amazon makes its Instant Video service available for the iPhone


12.17.12
CNN.com—Shooter murders 20 children and 6 adults at elementary shcool before killing himself
ABCnews.com—Diet Pepsi changes its sweetener ahead of major product rebranding next month
CBS News—Episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show pulled in wake of school shooting tragedy
Fox News—Anonymous donor gives 5,000 bicycles to underprivileged kids
BBC News—Piano used in Casablance sells at auction for $600,000
NBC News—The Hobbit sets December record with $85 million opening


12.18.12
NBC News—Google works with Israel to put high resolution images of the Dead Sea Scrolls online
ABCnews.com—Deadbeat dad who owes millions in back child support arrested
CBS News—Lottery winners donate $3 million for new high school football stadium with the stipulation that the visitors locker room must be painted pink
CNN.com—Former senator Daniel Inouye dies at 88
USA Today—Mark Zuckerberg donates $500 million in Facebook stock to charity
Fox News—Substitute teacher inheirits $7.4 million in gold coins from reclusive relative


12.19.12
ABCnews.com—Time names Obama Person of the Year, an honor he was also given in 2008
USA Today—RGIII fined $10k by the NFL for wearing Adidas apparel at a postgame press conference
CNN.com—Obama promises action on gun violence in the wake of the Newtown massacre
NBC News—Designer Michael Kors will not be a judge on the 11th season of Project Runway
Fox News—A planet that could harbor life like our own is found just 12 light years away
CBS News—Sam Donaldson charged with DUI


12.20.12
CBS News—Olympic runner admits that she has spent the last year working as a $600 an hour prostitute
Fox News—Air Force asking ESPN for help in analyzing video footage collected by drones
ABCnews.com—Simon Cowell dating Carmen Electra
NBC News—Facebook testing fee that would allow a stranger to send a high priority message directly to your inbox
Huffington Post—Hasbro announces gender-neutral Easy Bake Oven after receiving petition started by 13 year old
CNN.com—Former federal judge Robert Bork dies at 85

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