daily links: may 2013

5.1.13
CBS News—Three friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect arrested for obstruction of justice
Fox News—Dreamworks buys YouTube channel for $33 million
ABCnews.com—NYC public elementary school cafeteria goes all vegetarian
NBC News—Bones discovered at Jamestown site show evidence of cannibalism
USA Today—Frontier Airlines to penalize customers who don't book flights directly through their web site
CNN.com—J.J. Abrams says that John Williams will likely score the upcoming Star Wars films


5.2.13
BBC News—Boston Marathon bombers originally planned July 4 attack
CNN.com—Iron Man 3 has already grossed over $300 million internationally a week before it opens in the US
Fox News—Katy Perry's preacher father calls her a "devil child" and uses her as a negative example in his sermons
ABCnews.com—NYC's new bike sharing program won't allow obese riders
CBS News—Guitarist for Slayer dies at 49
USA Today—Rockies reach minor league deal with Roy Oswalt


5.3.13
CNN.com—Staples starts selling 3D printers
USA Today—Hotmail officially dead as Microsoft shifts to Outlook.com
CBS News—UN wants moratorium on the development and use of autonomous robots capable of killing
ABCnews.com—FDA examining active ingredient for antibacterial soaps
NBC News—Purchasers of Aliens game file class action lawsuit against developer for differences between previews and the game that was actually released
BBC News—Warner Brothers sued for unauthorized use of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat


5.6.13
CNN.com—No graveyard will accept body of dead Boston Marathon bomber
Fox News—Soccer referee punched by teen he yellow-carded dies as a result of his injuries
ABCnews.com—Turkish airline bans red nail polish and lipstick for its flight attendants
USA Today—Iron Man 3 has second best debut of all time, behind only last year's Avengers
CBS News—Gun made with 3D printer successfully fires a shot, becoming the first printed plastic weapon to do so
NBC News—Adobe moves its popular Creative Suite to online, subscription-based purchases only


5.7.13
CBS News—Special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen dies at 92
Fox News—Dow closes above 15,000 for first time in history
NBC News—Disgraced ex-governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford wins Senate seat in special election
USA Today—EA enters deal with Disney to develop and publish Star Wars video games
BBC News—Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion
ABCnews.com—Girls Gone Wild founder convicted of assault


5.13.13
CNN.com—Disney tries to trademark name of popular Mexican holiday
CBS News—IRS apologizes for targeting Tea Party-affiliated groups that applied for tax exempt status
ABCnews.com—12 year old boy arrested for stabbing his 8 year old sister to death
USA Today—Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night when Fallon takes over the Tonight Show
Fox News—Utah graffiti artist arrested after posting photos of his work on Facebook
NBC News—Man accused of sexually abusing his pet peacock


5.14.13
CNN.com—Tesla sells nearly 5,000 cars in the first quarter of this year
Fox News—Joyce Brothers dies at 85
NBC News—Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of first degree murder
ABCnews.com—Family of hockey player who died from drug overdose is suing the NHL
CBS News—Amazon gives $5 of its new digital coins to Kindle Fire users
USA Today—Arena football owner and former NFL player offers Tim Tebow a job on the Philadelphia Soul


5.15.13
Fox News—Feds want to lower threshold for drivers to be considered drunk from .08 to .05, the equivalent of two drinks for most people
NBC News—Google increases storage for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+ users to 15 gigs
USA Today—Auction for coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook closes with winning bid of $610,000
ABCnews.com—Google CEO reveals that his vocal chords are paralyzed
CNN.com—Angelina Jolie undergoes preventative double masectomy
CBS News—Warner Bros. may remake Gremlins


5.16.13
CNN.com—Scientists claim that they have cloned human stem cells
ABCnews.com—Burger King releasing its own version of the McRib
BBC News—Google launches music service
CBS News—Poker star accused of cheating UK casino
Fox News—Will Smith's son wants to be emancipated from his parents when he turns 15 later this year
USA Today—Rolando McClain, third year linebacker who recently signed with the Ravens, retires suddenly at age 23


5.17.13
CNN.com—Feds target largest Bitcoin exchange, accusing it of operating without the proper licenses
NBC News—Inventor of fish sticks dies at 96
USA Today—Apple CEO Tim Cook to push Congress for simplified corporate tax laws
CBS News—Air Force launches upgraded GPS satellite
ABCnews.com—Microsoft conceals job posting in the code of their Bing search engine site
Fox News—Randy Jackson, the only original American Idol judge still on the show, announces his departure from the show after 12 seasons


5.20.13
NBC News—Woman kicked off American Airlines flight for repeatedly singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"
CNN.com—Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion
ABCnews.com—Hofstra student accidentally shot and killed in her home by police
CBS News—16 year old discovers new way to detect certain types of cancer
Fox News—A single matching ticket for the record $590 million Powerball drawing sold in Florida
USA Today—Teen in Las Vegas killed by thieves who wanted his iPad


5.21.13
USA Today—Vermont governor sings nation's first end-of-life bill into law
Fox News—The Doors' Ray Manzarek dies at 74
CNN.com—The wealthy are hiring disabled guides so they can skip long lines at Disney World
BBC News—EA will no longer make games for the Wii U
NBC News—Flickr gets overhaul, including a terabyte of space for all users
CBS News—Massachusetts priest suspended for plagiarizing sermons


5.22.13
USA Today—Microsoft unveils its next-gen console, the Xbox One
CNN.com—US Army planning reality tv show
CBS News—San Francisco to host Super Bowl L
Fox News—Texas judge rules that lesbian couple cannot live together because of a morality clause in the divorce settlement of one of the women
ABCnews.com—Man commits suicide at Paris' Notre Dame cathedral
NBC News—Steven Spielberg working on television series based on Halo


5.23.13
Huffington Post—US government admits that it has killed four American citizens using drones, including three who were not specifically targeted
ABCnews.com—Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay scouts but will still prohibit openly gay adults from serving as scout masters
CBS News—TGI Fridays caught putting rubbing alcohol in premium spirits bottles in sting operation
USA Today—US lags behind other developed nations in paid vacation and holidays for its workers
NBC News—Full scale X-Wing replica sets record as world's largest Lego model
Fox News—NASA funding research to create world's first 3D printer that makes food


5.24.13
CNN.com—iOS 7 expected to be Apple's first major redesign of its mobile operating system since it launched in 2007
NBC News—Chance to go to space with Leonardo DiCaprio sells at auction for $1.5 million
Fox News—US military will have hypersonic weapons ready for battlefield use by 2025
CBS News—Doctors use 3D printer to create custom artificial airway that saved infant's life
ABCnews.com—Amanda Bynes arrested in her apartment
USA Today—Drones could be used to deliver vital supplies to hard-to-reach areas


5.28.13
CBS News—NYC launches major bike sharing program
USA Today—Walmart admits to illegally dumping hazardous waste
CNN.com—Harvard dean resigns in wake of email scandal, although she claims the two events are not connected
ABCnews.com—Functioning Apple I sold at auction for over $650,000
Fox News—Ben Affleck receives honorary doctorate from Brown University
NBC News—Freight train derails and explodes near Baltimore


5.29.13
ABCnews.com—New Jersey prisoners collected in excess of $23 million in benefits that they should not have been receiving
USA Today—Joe Paterno's family planning to sue the NCAA
NBC News—Nasdaq to pay $10 million fine for botching the Facebook IPO
CNN.com—Latest revamping of X-Men comic makes the team all-female for the first time in history
CBS News—Doctors remove pencil from man's head that had been there for 15 years
BBC News—Threatening letters sent to Michael Bloomberg test positive for ricin


5.30.13
ABCnews.com—Microsoft to give Windows users back their Start button with Windows 8.1
NBC News—Former Microsoft manager wants to create the Starbucks of legal marijuana in the US
CBS News—Liquid blood found in body of frozen woolly mammoth
Fox News—Google plans to use balloons to create wireless networks in developing nations
USA Today—McDonald's CEO says he lost 20 pounds in a year whiile eating his chain's food every day
CNN.com—High school student builds working one-man submarine for $2000


5.31.13
Fox News—Group trying to crowdfund space telescope for public use raises $200,000 in a single day
CNN.com—Government releases proposed regulations for self-driving cars
CBS News—Asteroid approaching Earth is so large that it has its own moon
USA Today—Illinois passes toughest fracking regulations in the US
NBC News—Woman becomes second winner of $1 million grand prize on Wheel of Fortune
ABCnews.com—Facebook cracking down on hate speech

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