daily links: september 2013

9.3.13
Fox News—Ted Nugent's wife arrested after bringing gun to airport in her carry-on bag
CNN.com—PostSecret submission claims to be a confession of murder
ABCnews.com—Women selling positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist
CBS News—64 year old completes free swim from Cuba to Florida on her fifth attempt
NBC News—Microsoft permanently cuts price of Surface Pro to $799
USA Today—CBS and Time Warner reach deal to end month-long blackout


9.4.13
CNN.com—Microsoft buys Nokia's phone hardware business for $7.2 billion
ABCnews.com—Amazon announces Kindle MatchBook service that lets you download free or deeply discounted Kindle versions of physical books you've previously bought
Fox News—Girl's body abandoned by the side of the road by her supposed friends after she dies of an asthma attack
BBC News—Yahoo shuts down some services in China
NBC News—California set to criminalize "revenge porn"
CBS News—Amazon announces new version of Kindle Paperwhite


9.5.13
Fox News—Apple institutes trade-in program for used iPhones
NBC News—Study confirms that fracking is to blame for Ohio earthquakes
BBC News—Kodak emerges from bankruptcy
ABCnews.com—Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro hangs himself in his jail cell
CNN.com—Samsung unveils smartwatch
USA Today—Microsoft to launch Xbox One on November 22


9.6.13
Fox News—Washington DC considering 24 hour waiting period to get a tattoo
CBS News—World's largest volcano discovered underwater off the coast of Japan
CNN.com—Yahoo unveils new logo
USA Today—Teen killed after being hit in the head by remote control helicopter he was piloting
NBC News—42% of Harvard's incoming freshman class admit to cheating on homework in high school
BBC News—Alec Baldwin to host late night talk show


9.9.13
ABCnews.com—Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 summer Olympics
Fox News—Windows XP to be officially retired next April
NBC News—Man pays $120,000 for a 12 inch strip of land in the Hamptons to prevent his neighbor from having easy access to the beach
CNN.com—White Nationalists attempting to take over North Dakota town
USA Today—SWAT officers kill 107 year old man after he fired at them when they stormed his home
CBS News—Bruno Mars to headline next Super Bowl halftime show


9.10.13
ABCnews.com—Woman gets warning from police for breasfeeding while driving a moped
CBS News—Apple reveals two new iPhones
CNN.com—Woman admits to pushing her husband of one week off a cliff after an argument, killing him
USA Today—Lions defensive tackle Suh fined $100,000 for illegal block
Fox News—Tina Fey to host SNL season premiere
NBC News—Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels set to return in sequel to Dumb and Dumber


9.11.13
when the walls fell


9.12.13
CNN.com—Twitter files for IPO
Fox News—J.K. Rowling working on screenplay for new film franchise set in the Harry Potter universe
CBS News—Voyager 1 officially leaves the solar system
ABCnews.com—Man attempting to cross Atlantic by balloon
BBC News—Vacuum firm Dyson sues Samsung for patent infringement
NBC News—New Jurassic Park sequel to premiere in 2015


9.13.13
Fox News—Audio pioneer Ray Dolby dies at 80
USA Today—New measurements shave 83 feet off nation's highest mountain, Mt. McKinley
CNN.com—The cassette tape turns 50. Although if we're being honest, it's been pretty much dead for at least 10 years, right?
CBS News—Researchers accidentally create world's thinnest glass at only two atoms thick
NBC News—Microsoft buys domain name for derogatory nickname for Xbox One to prevent critics from using it
BBC News—Blobfish voted world's ugliest animal


9.16.13
CNN.com—Shooter opens fire at Washington Navy Yard, killing at least a dozen people
ABCnews.com—Japan to build $300 million underground ice wall to prevent radioactivity at Fukushima from spreading
CBS News—AMC working on Walking Dead spinoff
Fox News—Gunman robs churchgoers during Sunday service
NBC News—Man arrested after throwing firecrackers at White House
USA Today—Pandora planning IPO


9.17.13
Fox News—Datsun returns with $9,000 family car
NBC News—Penthouse files for bankruptcy
CNN.com—Woman stabs roommate after he wouldn't stop playing the Eagles
USA Today—Mad Men's final season will be split into two 7 episode halves that will air a year apart
BBC News—Sony planning device to compete with Google's Chromecast
ABCnews.com—European Space Agency wants to send robot snake to explore Mars


9.18.13
BBC News—Blizzard to shut down real-money auction houses in Diablo III
USA Today—Browns trade star running back Trent Richardson to the Colts for a first round draft pick. Have they given up on their season already?
NBC News—Poor pronunciation costs Wheel of Fortune player opportunity to win $1 million
CBS News—EA names new CEO
Fox News—Powerball jackpot tops $400 million
ABCnews.com—Beanie Babies creator charged with tax evasion


9.19.13
Fox News—GTA V sets record by earning $800 million in first 24 hours of sales
USA Today—Tom DeLay's money laundering conviction overturned
CNN.com—Court rules that "liking" something on Facebook is protected by the First Amendment
NBC News—E-readers may make it easier for dyslexics to read
CBS News—USPS may institute emergency rate hike
BBC News—Stephen King writing sequel to The Shining


9.20.13
NBC News—Curiosity probe finds no signs of methane on Mars, which could have indicated the presence of life
CNN.com—Fan's falling death at Turner Field during a Braves game earlier this year is ruled a suicide
Fox News—College bans student from handing out copies of the Constitution
CBS News—Innovative Nintendo chief dies at 85
USA Today—Andy Pettitte announces that he will retire after this season
ABCnews.com—JPMorgan to pay $920 million fine for failing to adequately monitor its traders


9.23.13
Fox News—Dutch filmmaker believes that musical score is coded message that will lead to horde of Nazi treasureaw
CBS News—NASA paying volunteers $18,000 to lie in bed for 70 days to study muscle atrophy
CNN.com—Police catch Catholic priest in his car with an underage boy wearing no pants
USA Today—Some of the new $100 bills will instantly be worth thousands to collectors
BBC News—BlackBerry cutting 4,500 jobs in the face of a $1 billion loss
ABCnews.com—Andy Samberg marries Joanna Newsome


9.24.13
Fox News—Braves clinch NL East
CNN.com—Chrylser prepping for IPO
ABCnews.com—Apple sells record 9 million iPhone 5s and 5c models in first weekend of sales
NBC News—NY Attorney General cracking down on fake online reviews
USA Today—Cornell cancels men's lacrosse season after hazing incident
CBS News—Wonder bread back on store shelves


9.25.13
CNN.com—Fox greenlights Gotham tv series, a Batman prequel focusing on Jim Gordon
USA Today—Baseball commissioner Bud Selig calls Oakland A's stadium a "pit"
ABCnews.com—US Army introduces new rules about tattoos on soldiers
NBC News—USPS pays futurist to ponder the fate of stamps
Fox News—High school football coach suspends his entire team
CBS News—American crew financed by Oracle wins the America's Cup


9.26.13
CNN.com—Bill Gates admits that Control-Alt-Delete was bad design
CBS News—DOJ and the FBI have spent millions on drones intended to spy on Americans
USA Today—Google reveals major overhaul to search engine algorithm
Fox News—Bud Selig says he will resign as MLB commissioner when his contract expires in January 2015
NBC News—Chairman of Barilla pasta company makes anti-gay comments
BBC News—China wants to launch space station by 2023


9.27.13
Fox News—US Air Force successfully modifies a conventional fighter jet for unmanned flight
ABCnews.com—Hundreds of public school students in NC suspended because their vaccinations are not up to date
CBS News—Mars rover finds evidence of abundant and easy-to-access water on the Red Planet
CNN.com—ExxonMobile will now grant family benefits to same sex couples
USA Today—Ford CEO in the running to take over Microsoft after Ballmer's departure
NBC News—New TomTato hybrid plant grows cherry tomatoes on the vine and potatoes in the soil


9.30.13
BBC News—Valve to release haptic game controller in 2014
NBC News—Gunmen kill at least 40 in attack on college in Nigeria
CBS News—Mars rover finds evidence of abundant and easy-to-access water on the Red Planet
USA Today—Helicopter pilot killed after walking into spinning rotor at fairground where he was giving rides
CNN.com—NASA to use giant balloon to study comet
Fox News—Professional poker player accused of cheating by California casino

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