daily links: september 2014

9.2.14
NBC News—California set to ban plastic grocery bags
CBS News—Son of conservative nutjob Cliven Bundy pulls his children from public school because they weren't allowed to bring knives to class
Fox News—Legos left at crime scene help police solve 1991 murder
CNN.com—Michael Sam released by Rams, but could still be signed by another NFL team
ABCnews.com—Hackers break into iCloud accounts and post nude personal pictures of celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton
USA Today—Chili pepper beers becoming more popular


9.3.14
Fox News—Transgender teen suing DMV because the agency won't allow it to wear makeup for its driver's license photo (the person does not identify with any gender pronoun, which is why I used "it")
CNN.com—ISIS releases video of them beheading another American journalist
CBS News—$2.4 billion casino in Atlantic City shuts down after just two years in operation
USA Today—Broncos receiver Wes Welker suspended for four games for amphetamine use
ABCnews.com—Eric Cantor receives $1.4 million signing bonus after accepting a job at a Wall Street firm
NBC News—Abercrombie dropping its logo from its clothing


9.4.14
Fox News—Tesla to build $5 billion battery plant in Nevada
BBC News—Uber banned from operating in Germany
NBC News—MMA fighter charged with attempted murder after assault on girlfriend
USA Today—CVS no longer selling tobacco products in any of its stores
CNN.com—Dallas Cowboys sign Michael Sam to their practice squad
CBS News—Apple fans lining up to buy new iPhone a week before it is even officially announced


9.5.14
CNN.com—Joan Rivers dies at 81, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure
CBS News—Repubiclan governor of Virgina found guilty on multiple counts of corruption, bribery, and obstruction
ABCnews.com—Asteroid will pass within 25,000 miles of Earth this weekend
Fox News—HIV researchers who have developed a vaccine that reduces infection rates in primates receive a $25 million grant from the Gates Foundation
USA Today—Woman who slammed into another car at 85 mph, killing the other driver, was on Facebook at the time of the accident
NBC News—Fast food workers strike in 150 American cities


9.8.14
CBS News—Woman imprisoned for giving abortion pills to teenage daughter
BBC News—Dyson working on robot vacuum cleaners
USA Today—Atlanta Hawks majority owner announces that he is selling his stake after the team after releasing a racially insensitive email
CNN.com—Serena Williams wins her sixth US Open title
NBC News—Obama names former Google exec as CTO for the US
Fox News—Guardians of the Galaxy wins box office for fourth straight weekend


9.9.14
ABCnews.com—Ray Rice cut by Ravens and indefinitely suspended by the NFL after new video surfaces showing him punching his wife
USA Today—Chik-fil-A founder Truett Cathy dies at 93
CBS News—Has Jack the Ripper been conclusively identified by DNA?
NBC News—Amazon drops price of Fire smartphone from $199 to 99 cents in advance of iPhone 6 annoncement from Apple
Fox News—NCAA lifts Penn State's ban on postseason play
CNN.com—Twitter testing Buy button


9.10.14
USA Today—Apple announces new iPhones, their entry into the smartwatch category, and a new secure payment system
CBS News—US News releases its annual college rankings
NBC News—Ray Rice removed from Madden 15 after his indefinite suspension from the NFL for domestic violence incident
BBC News—U2 giving away new album on iTunes (or more precisely, Apple is paying them a hefty amount to make the album available free of charge for a limited time)
CNN.com—Buffalo Bills sold for over $1 billion
Fox News—PETA claims that Google Street View car ran over and killed a dog


9.11.14
when the walls fell


9.12.14
BBC News—Microsoft considering purchase of Minecraft
NBC News—Trapper Keeper makes a comeback as an iPad case
CBS News—Bungie's new game, Destiny, makes record-breaking $500 million in its first week of sales
CNN.com—Actor who played Jaws in James Bond films dies at 74
USA Today—Tim Tebow to join Good Morning America. Here's a look at your future, Johnny Manziel.
ABCnews.com—RadioShack could be headed for bankruptcy


9.15.14
BBC News—Yahoo says the US government threatened it with a $250,000 per day fine if it did not comply with the PRISM domestic spying initiative
CBS News—Band with female orthodox Jewish members will only perform in front of women
CNN.com—Star running back Adrien Peterson suspended by the Vikings after being indicted on child abuse charges for spanking his son with a tree branch
Fox News—Court orders HIV positive Seattle man to start using a condom so that he will not spread the disease to any more partners after he has infected at least 8 since his diagnosis
USA Today—Company that owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut introduces new fast casual restaurant featuring Vietnamese food
NBC News—McDonald's trademarks new mealtime


9.16.14
NBC News—Rochester, NY man accused of recruiting for ISIS
CNN.com—FBI launches major facial recognition initiative
CBS News—NASA teaming with Boeing and SpaceX to create space taxis
USA Today—Ray Rice appeals his indefinite suspension from the NFL
BBC News—Canon printer hacked to run old school version of Doom
Fox News—Matt Damon considering a return to the Bourne franchise


9.17.14
USA Today—Heisman winning quarterback for national champion Florida State suspended half a game for yelling obscenities in a public space on campus
CNN.com—Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport named the busiest in the world
Fox News—Cancer doctor admits he gave healthy patients unnecessary chemotherapy
CBS News—Vacation reboot will star Ed Helms and Christina Applegate
ABCnews.com—US Air Force drops "so help me God" phrase from enlistment oath
NBC News—Oculus CEO donates $31 million to University of Maryland


9.18.14
CNN.com—Larry Ellison stepping down as CEO of Oracle
USA Today—Alibaba IPO raises over $21 billion, making it the biggest IPO in US history
NBC News—Amazon launches new lineup of Kindles and tablets
Fox News—Tennessee school bus driver accused of raping teen student on his bus
BBC News—Controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford diagnosed with aggressive cancer
CBS News—Pizza Hut introducing line of low-calorie pizzas


9.19.14
BBC News—Scotland votes to stay in the UK
USA Today—Pabst being sold to Russian beverage company
CBS News—J.J. Abrams shares glimpse of Episode VII's Millenium Falcon
Fox News—Elementary school student gets detention for sharing his lunch with a friend
CNN.com—Despite pressure from the public and some advertisers to resign, NFL commissioner Goodell holds press conference to announce that he will not be stepping down
NBC News—U2 working with Apple to create new digital music format


9.22.14
NBC News—Nvidia uses gaming technology to simulate moon landing photograph in order to disprove allegations that the moon landing was a hoax
Fox News—Fireman dies from injuries sustained during an ALS ice bucket challenge gone wrong
ABCnews.com—Browns use Manziel for illegal trick play in their loss to the Ravens
CNN.com—Eight healthcare workers and journalists working to fight Ebola brutally killed by villagers in Africa
USA Today—CBS bringing Supergirl series to tv next year
CBS News—Iraq war vet jumps the White House fence armed with a knife


9.23.14
CBS News—US begins airstrikes in Syria against ISIS
CNN.com—Television reporter quits live on the air after revealing that she was the owner of the cannabis club that she was reporting on
NBC News—Rockefeller trust divesting itself of oil interests
USA Today—Krispy Kreme unveils box that holds 2400 doughnuts
ABCnews.com—SpaceX breaks ground on rocket launch facility in Texas
Fox News—Apple sells record 10 million iPhones in first three days of sales for the new iPhone 6


9.24.14
Fox News—CDC predicts 1.4 million cases of Ebola by January if we don't take dramatic action now
USA Today—GM spinning off Cadillac as a separate business
ABCnews.com—Swedish man acquitted of rape charges after judge finds that medical condition called sexomnia meant he could have been asleep during the assault
NBC News—FIFA to implement new concussion protocol
CBS News—Handbag made from albino alligator skin sells for $185,000
CNN.com—Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn to star in second season of HBO's True Detective


9.25.14
NBC News—Starbucks testing coffee that tastes like Guiness beer
BBC News—Scientists discover water on a planet outside our solar system
USA Today—ESPN suspends analyst after podcast tirade that criticized NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
CNN.com—Soda makers pledge to cut calories consumed by their customers by 20% over the next decade
Fox News—Chinese restaurant owner admits to lacing noodles with opium to get customers addicted to his food
ABCnews.com—BlackBerry releases new square phone. The real news here is that BlackBerry somehow seems to still exist.


9.26.14
Fox News—Eric Holder stepping down as attorney general
CNN.com—AC/DC's founding guitarist leaving the band
USA Today—Gas prices could fall below $3 a gallon
CBS News—Desk toy made of small high powered magnets banned in the US
ABCnews.com—Pitcher misses $500,000 bonus due to rain delay
NBC News—Steve Ballmer to make Clippers swith from Apple products to Microsoft products


9.29.14
USA Today—Thom Yorke releases surprise new solo album using BitTorrent as his distribution platform
ABCnews.com—Fired worker in Oklahoma beheads female coworker and attacks another before he is shot
NBC News—Walmart set to offer checking accounts to customers
CNN.com—PayPal will now accept Bitcoin
Fox News—British woman runs 53 marathons in 53 days
CBS News—Kanye West previews new album in private listening party


9.30.14
USA Today—Supreme Court delays early voting in Ohio elections
CBS News—Keanu Reeves confirms that Bill and Ted 3 is going to be made
Fox News—The Simpons kill off major character in season 26 premiere
BBC News—Netflix to release feature-length film, a sequel to Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
CNN.com—Amanda Bynes charged with DUI
NBC News—Consumer Reports debunks the bendiness of the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

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