daily links: february 2013

2.1.13
Fox News—USDA releases new rules about what can be sold in school vending machines
NBC News—Lake hidden deep beneath Antarctic ice shows signs of life
CBS News—Cell phone users complain about Amber Alerts being automatically sent to them by FEMA
CNN.com—Google stock hits all time high
ABCnews.com—250,000 Twitter accounts hacked
USA Today—Apple TV to add HBO Go app later this year


2.4.13
USA Today—Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII
ABCnews.com—Department of Justice suing credit rating agency for precipitating the mortgage crisis
CNN.com—Remains of King Richard III found under parking lot in England
Fox News—One of Mitt Romney's sons reportedly considering Senate bid
BBC News—Promising tuberculosis vaccine fails in human trials
CBS News—Former NYC mayor Ed Koch dies at 88


2.5.13
USA Today—In addition to Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, Disney confirms that it is working on standalone Star Wars films
CNN.com—Dell plans to become a private company
Fox News—California considering legislation that would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance on their weapons
ABCnews.com—Donald Trump suing Bill Maher for $5 million
NBC News—Charlottesville, VA, becomes first US city to regulate the use of drone aircraft
CBS News—Woman jailed for 30 days for contempt of court after flipping off a judge during her bond hearing


2.6.13
CNN.com—The USPS will cease Saturday mail delivery starting in August
Fox News—Governors call for public higher ed institutions to offer bachelor's degrees for $10k
USA Today—Virginia considering minting its own coins in case the dollar collapses
CBS News—Hasbro to replace original iron Monopoly game token with a cat
NBC News—Top college football recruit signs with Ole Miss
ABCnews.com—Florida's new business logo, which features a man's tie as the "i" in the state's name, angers female business owners


2.7.13
NBC News—Florida judge approves birth certificate that lists three parents
Fox News—Lance Armstrong sued over Tour de France prize money
USA Today—Investor sues Apple, saying the company should distribute more of its cash reserves to shareholders
CNN.com—Father pays daughter $200 to close down her Facebook account
ABCnews.com—Governor Chris Christie vetoes bill that would have allowed internet gambling in New Jersey
CBS News—Scientists discover the ancestor of all placental mammals


2.8.13
NBC News—Seattle cancels police drone program after public outcry
CNN.com—Mistrial declared after witness' fake eyeball pops out while he is on the stand
Fox News—Attendants steal nearly $1.5 million on parking lot fees from Smithsonian over a three year period
CBS News—Man quits his job after he finds 666 stamped on his W-2, claiming that accepting the document would condemn his soul to hell
ABCnews.com—Chicago cop sues police department for overtime for having to take work-related calls when he was off-duty
USA Today—Apple sells 25 billion songs through iTunes store


2.11.13
CNN.com—Suspicious seismic event in North Korea may be underground nuclear test
CBS News—Pope Benedict announces his resignation
Fox News—Three people killed in helicopter crash during filming for reality tv show
NBC News—Mountain Dew rolling out soda-flavored energy drink designed to be consumed with breakfast
USA Today—Maker's Mark watering down its bourbon in an attempt to meet surging demand
ABCnews.com—Lays introduces three new chip flavors, including sriracha, one of which will stay on store shelves permanently after a vote from consumers


2.12.13
Fox News—Maryland county school system wants to copyright anything created by faculty, staff, and students before, during, and after school hours
USA Today—Unofficial mascot of the Heart Attack Grill dies of a heart attack outside of the restaurant
NBC News—Wrestling dropped from the Olympics
BBC News—Comcast to purchase the rest of NBCUniversal
CBS News—MTV reality star arrested for selling heroin
ABCnews.com—Storage Wars star commits suicide


2.13.13
CBS News—US Air and American Airlines agree to merger
ABCnews.com—Grad student sues Lehigh University for $1.3 million after receiving a C+
NBC News—NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban styrofoam
CNN.com—Amex will let you send a payment over Twitter using a special hashtag
USA Today—Apple may have as many as 100 engineers and designers working on smartwatch
Fox News—Texas town rejects $500,000 proposal from web site to rename itself for 10 years


2.14.13
CNN.com—Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic runner with artificial legs, is accused of murdering his girlfriend
Fox News—Georgia legislators attempting to redraw state border in an attempt to gain access to water from the Tennessee River
BBC News—Large Hadron Collider to be shut down for two years for repairs
NBC News—Kate Gosselin to appear on Celebrity Wife Swap
USA Today—Former San Diego mayor charged with embezzling $2 million to feed gambling addiction
CBS News—Survivor host Jeff Probst has his talk show canceled after one season


2.15.13
USA Today—7,000 ton meteorite explodes over Russia, injuring hundreds
Fox News—Leaked images claim to show redesigned PlayStation controller that would accompany the PS4
BBC News—Researchers will mine the sea bed in a search for new antibiotics
CNN.com—Iceland wants to ban all internet pornography for its citizens
NBC News—20% of all reptiles headed for extinction
ABCnews.com—Facebook reveals that it was targeted by a sophisticated group of hackers last month


2.18.13
CBS News—Danica Patrick becomes first female driver to win the pole position in a NASCAR race
USA Today—Bungie, the studio that created Halo, unveils Destiny, an FPS MMO
BBC News—Banksy mural disappears from wall in UK and shows up for auction in US
Fox News—Brothers blow up house while taking drugs in celebration of winning the lottery
ABCnews.com—LA Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies after battle with cancer
CNN.com—Country star Mindy McCready commits suicide at age 37


2.19.13
USA Today—American Airlines CEO to get $20 million severance package when his carrier mergees with US Air
Fox News—Hackers take over Burger King's Twitter account and post that the chain had been bought out by McDonald's
ABCnews.com—Amazon faces antitrust probe in Germany
NBC News—Social media profiles replacing resumes for many employers
CNN.com—SXSW context will move startup company to Austin
CBS News—Microsoft moves Outlook.com, a Gmail competitor, out of preview after six months in public beta


2.20.13
NBC News—Atlanta-area Waffle House charges an automatic 20% security surcharge on every check
CNN.com—11 health researchers each receive $3 million Breakthrough Prize funded by tech giants
Fox News—Yahoo redesigns homepage for first time in four years
ABCnews.com—Mars Curiosity rover drills into the red planet
USA Today—Google releases video that features first person view of people using Project Glass
CBS News—NASA loses contact with ISS for three hours


2.21.13
ABCnews.com—Sony previews PlayStation 4, to be released by the end of 2013
Fox News—Restrictive ticket terms and conditions may prevent successful lawsuits against Carnival for passengers who endured nightmare trip
CNN.com—Google unveils touchscreen laptop
USA Today—Executives at peanut company indicted in salmonella case
CBS News—Nielsen to start counting online streaming of television shows in its ratings
NBC News—Police use Facebook to notify mother of her son's death


2.22.13
NBC News—New glasses developed to help healthcare workers have the side effect of correcting color blindness
CBS News—Under Armor sues Nike for trademark infringement
ABCnews.com—Massachusetts girl becomes first female to win state wrestling titlem
USA Today—Moody's downgrades the UK's AAA credit rating
Fox News—Pro tennis player arrested for soliciting sex with a 13 year old girl
BBC News—Vulcan is a leading contender in a contest to name Pluto's newly discovered moons


2.25.13
USA Today—Yahoo CEO ends all telecommuting, even for those employees for whom it was part of their employment contract
ABCnews.com—Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies at 96
CBS News—Census Bureau will finally drop the word "negro" from all its forms
Fox News—"thx" will be included in next edition of Oxford Engligh Dictionary
NBC News—GM says most of its 2014 models will be able to serve as WiFi hotspots
BBC News—Film that received Kickstarter funding wins Oscar


2.26.13
CBS News—Class action lawsuit claims that some popular beers do not contain their stated alcohol content
CNN.com—Tech startup "undelivers" your snail mail and digitizes it for you
ABCnews.com—High school student catches her gym teacher stealing from student lockers
Fox News—Billionaire building Titanic replica that will embark on its maiden voyage in 2016
USA Today—Microsoft to bring IE10 to Windows 7 users
NBC News—Rick Springfield returning to General Hospital


2.27.13
ABCnews.com—Fast food employee's worker's comp claim denied after his leg was broken during a robbery
Fox News—Stone Temple Pilots fire singer Scott Weiland. Did we suddenly go back in time 15 years?
ESPN.com—49ers trade Alex Smith to Kansas City
BBC News—First space tourist wants to fund a private space mission to send a couple to Mars and back
CBS News—Fraternity at Emerson College pays for sex change surgery for one of their brothers
USA Today—This article claims that college admission offices don't care about applicants' high school GPAs. Don't believe everything you read.


2.28.13
CBS News—Groupon CEO and founder fired by the struggling company
CNN.com—Girls Gone Wild files for bankruptcy
USA Today—Cleaning crew at Chivas whiskey distillery accidentally sends 6,000 gallons of whiskey down the drain
ABCnews.com—Bartender fired for calling police to report that one of her customers was driving drunk
NBC News—Subway to start selling $3 6 inch subs
BBC News—Spielberg to lead this year's jury at Cannes

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