daily links: december 2013

12.2.13
CBS News—Animal rights group looking to establish legal personhood of chimpanzee
USA Today—Amazon testing half hour delivery using drones
CNN.com—Fast and Furious star killed in car accident
ABCnews.com—Good Morning America weatherman leaving to join the Weather Channel
Fox News—Windows 7 still gaining users as growth stalls for Windows 8
NBC News—Guam drops thousands of poisoned mice in jungle in an attempt to eradicate the brown tree snake


12.3.13
CNN.com—Couple fined $3500 for posting a negative review online and refusing to take it down
CBS News—Judge gives Detroit permission to move ahead with bankruptcy proceedings
USA Today—Braves all star catcher Brian McCann gets 5 year contract from Yankees worth $85 million
Fox News—SpaceX successfully launches first satellite
ABCnews.com—NBA rookie puts the majority of his salary into a trust fund that he can't touch for three years
NBC News—Delta bumps entire plane full of passengers so the Florida basketball team could get to a game in Connecticut on time


12.4.13
NBC News—Steelers coach Mike Tomlin fined $100,000 for stepping on the field and interfering with a live play against the Ravens, and the team could also lose draft picks
Fox News—Norman Rockwell painting sells for $46 million at auction
USA Today—Hackers steal login credentials for over 2 million accounts across multiple services like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo
ABCnews.com—Georgia man charged with theft after charging his electric car at a local public school's charging station
CBS News—Sony sells more than 2 million PS4 consoles in the first month of release
CNN.com—Two skydivers die after midair collision


12.5.13
CNN.com—Nelson Mandela dies at 95
Fox News—New USB plug to be smaller and reversible
CBS News—China bars its banks from handling Bitcoins
USA Today—Super Bowl ads all sold out despite costing more than ever
ABCnews.com—Canadian lottery officials track down woman who purchased winning $50 million ticket and then lost it
NBC News—Facebook to add Unfollow button


12.6.13
NBC News—Disney buys the rights to future Indiana Jones films
ABCnews.com—Ryan Seacrest has helped develop an iPhone case that includes a physical keyboard
Fox News—CDC study finds that tainted water at Marine base is linked to increased incidents of birth defects and childhood cancer
CBS News—Cop who fired shots at a minivan full of children during a traffic stop is fired
USA Today—Pennsylvania newlyweds arrested after using Craigslist to lure a man to his death
CNN.com—Director Bryan Singer announces that a follow up to next year's X-Men film will be released in 2016


12.9.13
CBS News—Facebook, Twitter, and other internet giants judge's decision to make a web site pay defamation damages to a woman who was criticized by users of the web site
USA Today—Satanists in Oklahoma want to put a monument outside the statehouse to match the Ten Commandments one erected by Christians
CNN.com—German president will personally boycott the Olympics in Sochi to protest Russian human rights violations
Fox News—Bob Dylan's electric guitar from his infamous performance at the Newport Folk Festival sells at auction for nearly $1 million
NBC News—Singer Susan Boyle reveals that she has Asperger's syndrome
ABCnews.com—Judge tells Colorado baker that he cannot refuse to cater same-sex weddings


12.10.13
USA Today—NSA may have spied on players in online games like World of Warcraft and Second Life
CBS News—US Government sells its stake in GM and taxpayers lose $10 billion on the investment
ABCnews.com—Snowball fight at University of Oregon could lead to criminal charges
CNN.com—New York court rules that chimpanzees are not people and do not have standing to bring lawsuits
NBC News—Senate votes to extend weapons ban that includes 3D printed plastic guns
Fox News—Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, and Tony La Russa elected to baseball Hall of Fame


12.11.13
USA Today—House leaders unveil bipartisan two year budget deal, but faces significant hurdles before becoming law
CNN.com—JPMorgan patents digital payment system similar to Bitcoin
CBS News—General Motors names its first female CEO
Fox News—Six year old boy suspended from school for kissing classmate on the cheek
NBC News—Game of Thrones videogame under development
BBC News—New Google Maps feature lets users upload a Street View of any place on Earth


12.12.13
CNN.com—Facebook to be added to S&P 500
NBC News—Redskins to bench RGIII
Fox News—Man erects Festivus pole in front of Florida capitol building to protest the nativity scene set up there
ABCnews.com—Sriracha to halt shipments of their famous sauce for 30 days in order to comply with new California regulations
CBS News—Poll shows that most airline passengers don't want cell phone ban during flights lifted
USA Today—Former quarterback sues NFL for failing to protect players against head injuries


12.13.13
CBS News—Teenager who kill four people while driving drunk gets light sentence due to "affluenza"—he was too rich to know right from wrong
Fox News—Final phaseout of incandescent bulbs begins next year
BBC News—Beatles to release 59 rare or previously-unheard recordings in order to extend their copyright
CNN.com—Police detective resigns after she discovers that she is not a legal US citizen
USA Today—Steelers player fined for punching an opposing player in the groin during a pileup
NBC News—Alabama coach Nick Saban gets contract extension and a big raise, even though he's already the highest paid coach in college sports


12.16.13
CNN.com—Peter O'Toole dies at 81
Fox News—Judge rules that the NSA's data collection programs exposed by Edward Snowden are likely unconstitutional
USA Today—China lands probe on the moon
ABCnews.com—Google acquires advanced robotics company that has built many prototypes for the US military
CBS News—Three new studies claim that daily multivitamins offer no health benefits
NBC News—Nirvana, Kiss, Hall and Oates, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, and Cat Stevens all elected to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Something tells me there's not going to be a big joint performance at the induction ceremony this year.


12.17.13
Fox News—Facebook finally unveils Dislike button
CBS News—Harvard student accused of making bomb threats in order to get out of taking an exam
NBC News—Author of The Anarchist Cookbook calls for it to be taken out of print immediately
ABCnews.com—$38 Android tablet coming soon to the US
CNN.com—High school senior suspended for a year for sexual harrassment after hugging a teacher, who claims that he also kissed her on the neck
USA Today—AOL CEO says that he is not shutting down local news site Patch


12.18.13
ABCnews.com—Justin Bieber says he is retiring from music. If only I could belieb this...
USA Today—NFL may eliminate local blackouts
Fox News—Delta says it will continue to ban voice calls on its flights even if the FAA lifts ban on mobile phone usage in flight
CNN.com—Indian diplomat stripped searched by US police after being accused of visa fraud
CBS News—Star of Duck Dynasty off the show after making disparaging remarks about gays
NBC News—Chipotle to open new stores focusing on pizza


12.19.13
CBS News—Methodist minister defrocked after officiating his son's same-sex wedding
CNN.com—The Walking Dead creator sues AMC, claiming that they have withheld millions of dollars in profits
USA Today—Mark Zuckerberg selling over $2 billion in Facebook stock
ABCnews.com—Figure skater Brian Boitano reveals that he is gay
Fox News—Generic version of Viagra will become available in 2017
NBC News—Microsoft says it will appoint new CEO in early 2014


12.20.13
CBS News—Researchers develop method to send messages through the air using evaporated alcohol
USA Today—McDonald's to bring back Mighty Wings to sell off extra inventory after they did not sell as well as expected during their debut
ABCnews.com—New laser weapon will allow US Army to shoot down mortar shells and drones
CNN.com—Overstock.com to start accepting Bitcoin
Fox News—Reddit user gets Bill Gates as her Secret Santa
NBC News—Target offering 10% discount to customers to try to make up for massive hack of credit card information

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