daily links: may 2014

5.1.14
NBC News—New theory on how Egyptians moved the heavy blocks of stone used to build the pyramids
CBS News—Facebook introduces anonymous logins
Fox News—Foursquare splitting into two separate apps
ABCnews.com—Korean scientists invent device that turns body heat into electricity, paving the way for wearable tech that doesn't need to be charged with cables
USA Today—Microsoft to start selling Xbox One in China
CNN.com—Hulu introducing ad tech that lets viewers order a pizza while watching a show


5.2.14
ABCnews.com—Jury rules that Samsung infringed on Apple patents
NBC News—Discovery of as-yet-unnamed element 117 confirmed
CBS News—Yum Brands, owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, names current Taco Bell chief as its next CEO
Fox News—Kevin Spacey joining cast of next Call of Duty title
CNN.com—Twitter user growth flatlining
USA Today—News Corp buys romance publisher Harlequin for $415 million


5.5.14
CBS News—First case of MERS confirmed in US
Fox News—Boston hospital becomes first in the world to use Google Glass in the ER
ABCnews.com—Study finds that blood from young mice rejuvenates aging mice
CNN.com—Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas bans Ben Affleck from blackjack tables
USA Today—Powerade dropping controversial ingredient
NBC News—London apartment—a single apartment, not an apartment building—sells for record $237 million


5.6.14
NBC News—Supreme Court rules that prayer at public government meetings is legal
CNN.com—20 year old man who raped 14 year old given only 45 days in jail after judge said that he "wasn't your typical sex offender" and putting blame on the victim
USA Today—Apple shares cross $600 threshold for first time since October 2012
CBS News—Florida girl graduating from high school and college in the same week
Fox News—New York City starts rolling out .nyc domain names
ABCnews.com—Robotic exoskeltons could one day replace wheelchairs


5.12.14
NBC News—Apple rumored to be acquiring headphone maker Beats for $3.2 billion
USA Today—AT&T in talks to buy DirecTV for $50 billion
CNN.com—Larry Wilmore to take over timeslot following The Daily Show after Stephen Colbert leaves in 2015
Fox News—Dolphins player fined after negative tweets about NFL's first openly gay player Michael Sam
NBC News—Casey Kasem missing as his wife and his children battle for control over his treatment for Parkinson's
BBC News—Clay Aiken's opponent for a Senate seat dies in an accidental fall


5.13.14
USA Today—First images released of new Batmobile and Ben Affleck as Batman
CNN.com—Microsoft to start selling Xbox One without the Kinect component for $400
BBC News—Study finds that endurance exercise can interfere with heart rhythm
Fox News—Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, may have been discovered
NBC News—Porsche sued over crash that killed actor Paul Walker
ABCnews.com—Family gets "Well Behaved Kids" discount from restaurant


5.14.14
BBC News—Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin reveals that he uses DOS to do his writing
Fox News—GM offering mobile WiFi service to OnStar customers for $5 a month
NBC News—Revised version of Flappy Bird returning in August
ABCnews.com—Coca-Cola releasing nail polish line with colors inspired by its beverages
USA Today—GM issues yet another recall
CNN.com—Google Glass to go on sale to the public for the second time


5.15.14
ABCnews.com—Louisiana man says that his father is the Zodiac Killer
CNN.com—Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez charged with two more murders
Fox News—Man dies from gunshot wound while testing a bulletproof vest
NBC News—Jupiter's great red spot shrinking
USA Today—Proposed FCC regulations would allow for internet fast lanes and eliminate net neutrality
BBC News—Star of new Star Wars film confirms that shooting is about to begin in London


5.16.14
NBC News—Apple and Google settle patent dispute and agree to work together on patent reform
CBS News—McDonald's adds guacamole to its menu
USA Today—Microsoft reveals details about Halo 5, due out in 2015
CNN.com—Comcast to start imposing data limits for all customers
BBC News—British firm releases world's first Braille-based mobile phone
Fox News—AdBlock Plus addon for Firefox may eat more resources than it saves


5.19.14
Fox News—90 year old WWII veteran finally earns his college degree
CBS News—More and more scientists becoming convinced that honey bee colony collapse disorder is caused by a new type of pesticides
NBC News—Beatles guitar used in the band's early television appearances sells for more than $600,000 at auction
USA Today—Trucking companies say new rules about how many hours drivers can spend on the road could drive up prices
ABCnews.com—Revamped Godzilla has $93 million opening weekend
CNN.com—Swiss voters reject $25 minimum wage proposal


5.20.14
Fox News—Nutella turns 50
CNN.com—Police commissioner in New Hampshire resigns after calling Obama the n-word in a public restaurant
NBC News—New wireless medical implant is smaller than a grain of rice
CBS News—Judge awards ex-wife of billionaire $4.5 billion and $146 million in property in divorce settlement
ABCnews.com—Sprint fined $7.5 million by FCC for violating Do Not Call rules
USA Today—NYC man files suit asking for damages totaling more money than currently exists on the planet after being bitten by a dog on a city bus


5.21.14
Fox News—Judge overturns Pennsylvania's ban on same sex marriage
CBS News—Minneapolis to host 2018 Super Bowl
CNN.com—China bans Windows 8 from government computers
NBC News—Chuck E. Cheese's to add Oculus Rift to its game offerings
USA Today—Led Zeppelin accused of stealing guitar intro to Stairway to Heaven
ABCnews.com—New multimillion dollar yacht sinks immediately after launch


5.22.14
ABCnews.com—Thai military dissolves the government, imposes martial law and a curfew in a bloodless coup
CBS News—Cameo in new Star Wars movie up for grabs in contest open to the public
NBC News—eBay advises customers to change their passwords after hack
USA Today—France orders fleet of trains before realizing that they are too wide to fit many existing stations, necessitating $68 million in renovations
Fox News—Pakastani immigrant living in NYC murders his wife after she makes him a vegetarian meal for dinner
CNN.com—Google passes Apple to become the world's most valuable brand


5.23.14
CBS News—Amazon stops selling titles from book publisher that wants control over its ebook prices
Fox News—Family in Connecticut sues teachers, claiming that their daughters were indoctrinated into a cult at school
USA Today—Iranian banking billionaire executed for fraud
NBC News—Paul McCartney cancels tour dates after being hospitalized with virus
CNN.com—Amazon increasing the number of robots used to fulfill orders in its warehouses
ABCnews.com—Yelp could help health officials in NYC track outbreaks of food poisoning


5.27.14
USA Today—22 year old man murders six and injures over a dozen more as revenge for girls not liking him
CNN.com—White House mistakenly outs CIA operative in Afghanistan
CBS News—Apple rumored to be unveiling platform for controlling domestic devices next week
NBC News—YouTube planning crowdfunding feature
BBC News—Blizzard sues makers of software that allow users to cheat at Starcraft II
Fox News—Macauley Culkin's jokey Velvet Underground tribute band pelted with beer and booed off the stage


5.28.14
CNN.com—Maya Angelou dies at 86
CBS News—US citizen responsible for suicide bombing in Syria
USA Today—Apple confirms buyout of headphone maker Beats for $3 billion
ABCnews.com—Several cities drop out of the bidding process to host the 2022 Olympics, citing the excalating costs of the games
NBC News—Average annual pay for CEOs now exceeds $10 million
BBC News—China to scrap millions of cars that do not meet minimum emissions standards


5.29.14
CNN.com—Former Microsoft CEO buys LA Clippers from embattled owner Donald Sterling for $2 billion
USA Today—LeVar Burton using Kickstarter to raise money to revive Reading Rainbow
CBS News—Astronomers conclude that neighboring Andromeda galaxy will collide with the Milky Way in 2 billion years
USA Today—Jimmy Iovine to join Apple full time as part of Beats deal
ABCnews.com—Responding to a rumor that she was paid millions to sing at Kanye West's wedding to Kim Kardashian, Lana Del Rey reveals that she did it for free
Fox News—Dish to become largest company so far to accept Bitcoin as payment


5.30.14
CNN.com—Amazon may add music streaming service to its Prime membership
CBS News—Pro golfer Phil Mickelson being investigated by feds for insider trading
NBC News—Gangnam Style video watched on YouTube more than 2 billion times and is still being viewed a million times a day two years after its release
Fox News—Man accused of stealing more than $350,000 in human skin from hospital over several years
ABCnews.com—Utah high school students upset after their yearbook pictures were photoshopped without their knowledge or permission
USA Today—Motorola to shut down its only US manufacturing facility by the end of the year

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