daily links: november 2014

11.3.14
CBS News—iPhone statue in Russia removed after current Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals that he is gay
ABCnews.com—29 year old death-with-dignity advocate with terminal brain cancer takes her own life
Fox News—Professional pianist sues to have bad review by Washington Post removed from the internet
NBC News—Experimental Ebola nose spray vaccine appears to be effective in primate trials, but it has no funding for further tests
CNN.com—Co-host of NPR's long-running Car Talk dies at 77
USA Today—Taylor Swift pulls her entire catalog of albums from Spotify


11.4.14
USA Today—Coke testing version of its signature soda called Coca-Cola Life that is only 60 calories per serving but which has no artificial sweeteners
Fox News—Construction worker who was not wearing a hard hat killed at a job site after a tape measure falls 50 feet and hits him on the head
CNN.com—Amazon offers unlimited cloud storage for photos for Prime members
ABCnews.com—Adrian Peterson avoids jail for child abuse charges with plea deal
CBS News—Microsoft halts retail sales of Windows 7 and 8 in preparation for the release of Windows 10
NBC News—World's best whiskey title goes to Japanese distillery


11.5.14
CBS News—New report claims that Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using PEDs
CNN.com—More than 900 classic arcade games now available to play for free on the web
ABCnews.com—Virgin Galactic plans to build a replacement for SpaceShipTwo, but it will not be ready to start test flights until at least 2015
NBC News—Former NFL cheerleader accused of raping 15 year old boy
USA Today—Starbucks to bring back seasonal eggnog latte after outcry from customers over its discontinuation
BBC News—Taylor Swift's 1989 sells 1.2 million copies in its first week of release, more than any other album in more than a decade


11.6.14
CNN.com—Star Wars Episode VII will be titled "The Force Awakens"
ABCnews.com—Microsoft making its Office apps for iOS 8 free
Fox News—Amazon considering the use of taxis as delivery vehicles
NBC News—Amazon unveils the Echo, a voice-command-driven speaker and digital assistant
CBS News—AC/DC drummer accused in murder-for-hire plot
BBC News—New research suggest that up to half the stars in the universe are located outside of galaxies


11.7.14
Fox News—Woman uses crowdfunding to raise $15,000 so she could extract sperm from her brain dead fiance
CNN.com—Former UNC athlete sues the school over the academic scandal
ABCnews.com—Pixar confirms Toy Story 4, which will be directed by John Lasseter
NBC News—Blizzard announces Overwatch, a new game franchise for the storied developer
USA Today—The 85 richest people in the world have as much money as the poorest 3.5 billion people
CBS News—Pittsburgh researcher convicted of poisoning his wife


11.10.14
CBS News—NYC reduces the citywide speed limit to 25 mph
BBC News—Hunger Games being made into theatre show
Fox News—Andy Dick arrested on grand theft charges
CNN.com—Matt Damon signs on for another Bourne film
USA Today—Disney's Big Hero 6 wins the weekend box office, beating Christopher Nolan's Interstellar
NBC News—Jerry Seinfeld says he may fall somewhere on the autism spectrum


11.11.14
CBS News—Ford uses robocalls to fire 100 workers
CNN.com—NYC to issue citations instead of arrest people for small amounts of marijuana
USA Today—Two Rothko paintings sell for a combined $75 million at auction
BBC News—Obama calls for FCC to implement net neutrality rules
NBC News—Revamped Pizza Hut menu includes curried and honey sriracha crusts
Fox News—New book claims that Jesus was married and had two children


11.12.14
CNN.com—Air Force leases massive hangar to Google for 60 years at a cost of over $1 billion
CBS News—Graphic designer develops font intended to make it easier for dyslexics to read
NBC News—Hellman's suing company that calls its sandwich spread mayo even though it contains no eggs
ABCnews.com—Plastic surgeon working on method that would give women bigger breasts without surgery for 2-3 weeks
USA Today—Randy Jackson, the last of the original American Idol judges, is leaving the show
Fox News—Mormon church admits that founder Joseph Smith likely had dozens of wives


11.13.14
USA Today—YouTube launching streaming music service
CBS News—US government using planes to intercept cell signals of criminals...and any other ordinary citizens who happen to be in the area
NBC News—Amazon and book publisher Hachette end their standoff over ebooks and year multiyear agreement
Fox News—Man buys 99 iPhones to propose to his girlfriend, but she says no to marriage
CNN.com—Toy maker Hasbro may buy Dreamworks Animation movie studio
BBC News—Microsoft patches 19 year old bug


11.14.14
CNN.com—ESA probe successfully lands on comet
ABCnews.com—Strippers win $10 million in back wages and tips
Fox News—Kickstarter raises $250,000 for tampon alternative
ABCnews.com—Award for annual Turing Prize for computing is quadrupled to $1 million by Google
NBC News—Facebook cracking down on ad-like posts on brand pages
USA Today—Jets coach Rex Ryan fined $100,000 for sideline obscenity


11.17.14
NBC News—Napolean's signature hat sells for $2.4 million at auction
CBS News—Facebook creating parallel site for your office that's meant to compete with LinkedIn
ABCnews.com—Dutch artist recreates Van Gogh's Starry Night as a glow in the dark bike trail
CNN.com—Creator of Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider dies at 77 after battle with cancer
BBC News—Charles Manson granted marriage license
Fox News—Dropkick Murphys tour bus kills pedestrian


11.18.14
Fox News—Asian students rejected by Harvard sue the school over their admission policies that favor other minorities
USA Today—NYC may replace pay phone booths with free high speed WiFi hubs
ABCnews.com—Bob Marley's estate to launch marijuana brand
CBS News—Star running back Adrian Peterson suspended without pay for the remainder of the season
CNN.com—OKCupid adds more categories for gender and sexual orientation
NBC News—Apple releases developer tools for its upcoming Watch product


11.19.14
BBC News—Hacker group Anonymous takes over KKK Twitter accounts
ABCnews.com—Billboard rankings will soon include digital track sales and streams of songs
CBS News—FAA investigating reports from pilots of drone sightings near JFK Airport
Fox News—TV Land pulls reruns of The Cosby Show in the wake of rape allegations against Bill Cosby
NBC News—Consumers using trick to scam Walmart into selling PS4s for $90
USA Today—Facebook shuttle bus drivers vote to join Teamsters union


11.20.14
Fox News—Firefox to ditch Google and make Yahoo its default search engine
BBC News—Apple planning to push Beats streaming music app to all of its iOS devices next year
CBS News—Country music star reveals he is gay
USA Today—Bono seriously injured in biking accident in NYC's Central Park
CNN.com—Mike Nichols, Oscar winning director of The Graduate, dies at 83
NBC News—Human trials for new Ebola vaccine begin in Baltimore


11.21.14
CBS News—Amazon to launch travel booking site
NBC News—JetBlue to start charging fees for checked bags
Fox News—Man unknowingly racks up $1200 bill for in-flight WiFi use
CNN.com—New Comcast app will let customers track the location of their technician
USA Today—Over-the-air streaming company Aereo files for bankruptcy after legal ruling goes against them
BBC News—Delta replacing its older Boeing jets with Airbus models


11.24.14
CBS News—Two teams of five and six year old football players miss chance to play in state championship after parents brawl during game
CNN.com—UVA suspends all fraternities after multiple gang rape accusations
Fox News—Spotify says it needs 40 million paying customers before it can be more equitable in its royalty payments to artists
USA Today—Former DC mayor Marion Barry, who left office in disgrace after being caught smoking crack on camera during a police sting, dies at 78
NBC News—After being buried in more than 7 feet of snow over the last week, Buffalo now faces major flooding threat
BBC News—Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe sets auction record for female artist


11.25.14
Fox News—Violence erupts in Ferguson, MO, after grand jury declines to indict police officer who shot and killed a teenager
CBS News—Coca-Cola introduces new kind of milk with more protein and less sugar than traditional milk
NBC News—FDA to order all restaurants, including fast food restaurants, to include calorie counts on their menus
CNN.com—Dropped beer bottle shatters top layer of glass on Tower Bridge's new glass walkway
BBC News—Netflix picks up new Tina Fey comedy
USA Today—First trailer for new Star Wars movie to premiere at select theaters on Friday


11.26.14
CNN.com—HBO reveals that it has a team of 160 lawyers preparing to defend it after it releases a documentary of the Church of Scientology
Fox News—GoPro planning to launch a line of aerial drones aimed at the consumer market
ABCnews.com—Ruth Bader Ginsburg has heart surgery
USA Today—Chrysler's new ownership group doing away with its classic logo
CBS News—Elsa takes Barbie's crown as most popular toy for girls
NBC News—Prince deletes his social media accounts

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