daily links: march 2015

3.2.15
CNN.com—Leonard Nimoy dies at 83
USA Today—Senate bill would require drivers to have any recall work on their cars done in order to renew their licenses
ABCnews.com—Mother found guilty of poisoning her son to death with large doses of salt
Fox News—Federal court overturns Nebraska's ban on gay marriage
NBC News—New line of furniture from Ikea will wirelessly charge your devices
BBC News—Tinder to charge users older than 28 more than four times as much to access premium features


3.3.15
NBC News—Pebble's new Time smartwatch becomes most-funded Kickstarter project ever
USA Today—Senate bill would require drivers to have any recall work on their cars done in order to renew their licenses
Fox News—Michigan school district drops "Christian background" requirement for its superintendent job
USA Today—Eagles trade star running back LeSean McCoy
CNN.com—Judge Judy's contract extended through 2020
ABCnews.com—Oprah shutting down her Chicago studios


3.4.15
Fox News—Historic women's-only Sweet Briar College closing due to financial issues
CBS News—Tea Party presidential hopeful Ben Carson says that being gay is a choice
USA Today—Peyton Manning agrees to pay cut
CNN.com—New procedure uses lasers to turn brown eyes blue
ABCnews.com—Etsy files for IPO
NBC News—Jeff Goldblum will star in Independence Day sequel


3.5.15
CBS News—New type of dental gel hopes to redefine the toothpaste market
ABCnews.com—Microsoft working on development platform that will allow game makers to create games for Xbox One and Windows at the same time
CNN.com—Creator of K-cups regrets inventing them because they are bad for the environment
BBC News—McDonald's wants to eliminate human antibiotics from the chicken it sells
NBC News—UMass bans Iranian students from taking certain science classes
USA Today—Rock Band being revived for PS4 and Xbox One


3.6.15
ABCnews.com—Apple replacing AT&T on the Dow Jones
CNN.com—Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
USA Today—Red Robin manager says he was fired for being gay
CBS News—Syracuse coach suspended for nine games for playing athletes who were academically ineligible
BBC News—New study finds that autism is mostly genetic
NBC News—NASA probe now in orbit around dwarf planet Ceres


3.9.15
CBS News—Good samaritan killed by pit bull while trying to help the dog's owner, who was having a heart attack
NBC News—Apple Watch to be released April 24
CNN.com—AMC orders two seasons of Walking Dead prequel set in Los Angeles
USA Today—Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, dies at 59 from cancer
BBC News—Moderate amounts of coffee may lead to cleaner arteries
Fox News—Beetle from Herbie the Love Bug sells for $32,000 at auction


3.10.15
USA Today—Tim Burton to reboot Dumbo for Disney
CBS News—Burger King removes sodas as options for kids' meals
NBC News—Florida environmental officials ordered by the governor not to use the phrases "climate change" or "global warming" in their reports about climate change
CNN.com—Sony planning to make Ghostbusters a franchise property, following the all-female reboot with a new all-male movie
ABCnews.com—Google CFO announces retirement
Fox News—David Hasselhoff to star in Sharknado 3


3.11.15
NBC News—Marvin Gaye's family awarded over $7 million in damages after hit song was found to infringe on his song "Got to Give It Up"
CNN.com—Teen forced by court to undergo chemotherapy has her cancer in remission after treatment
ABCnews.com—Lil Wayne's home subject to swatting prank
CBS News—McDonald's considering adding kale to its menu
USA Today—Google opens first retail store in London
Fox News—Apple's iTunes and App stores suffer global outage for several hours


3.12.15
CNN.com—Georgia sanitation worker jailed for repeatedly picking up trash too early in the morning
CBS News—Two police officers shot in ambush in Ferguson
Fox News—Google launches premium Chromebook
ABCnews.com—Pepsi resurrecting the Pepsi Challenge
BBC News—Volcano erupts and forms new island in the South Pacific
USA Today—Fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies at 66


3.13.15
CNN.com—Television minister Creflo Dollar asks his congregation for $60 million so he can buy his own private jet
CBS News—Jupiter's moon Ganymede has vast saltwater ocean below its icy crust
NBC News—Kathy Griffin quits Fashion Police after only 7 episodes
Fox News—Daily weigh-ins may help with weight loss
USA Today—New Steve Jobs biography reveals that current Apple CEO Tim Cook offered to give Jobs his liver, but Jobs turned him down
BBC News—Disney officially annouces Frozen sequel


3.16.15
CBS News—Kentucky enters the NCAA tournament with no losses after winning the SEC tournament and having an undefeated regular season
USA Today—Boston sets new snowfall record with 108.6 inches for this winter
Fox News—South African doctors perform world's first penis transplant
CNN.com—Tesla CEO hints that next software patch will extend range of its vehicles
NBC News—LGBT groups will be allowed in Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade for the first time this year
ABCnews.com—Two planes collide midair while practicing for air show


3.17.15
USA Today—Microsoft ditching the Internet Explorer brand, but will continue to make a web browser with a new name and codebase
CNN.com—New catfish species named after Greedo from Star Wars
CBS News—Nintendo teases new console and says it will also start making games for smartphones
Fox News—NFL player quits the sport after one year as a pro over concussion fears
BBC News—New type of 3D printer inspired by Terminator 2 grows objects using light and oxygen
NBC News—Contractor charged with murder of Food Network Star contestant and her husband


3.18.15
Fox News—Federal Reserve considers an increase to interest rates
ABCnews.com—27 students test positive for TB at Kansas high school
CBS News—Coke CEO gets $18 million despite the company's failure to meet its internal growth targets
USA Today—New Jersey will now allow Tesla to sell its electric cars directly to consumers
BBC News—Google hopes for self-driving cars by 2020
CNN.com—Study finds that vegetarians who add fish to their diet can reduce their risk of cancer


3.19.15
CBS News—Obama orders 40% reduction in federal government's greenhouse gas emissions
Fox News—Gun control advocates set up fake gun shop in Manhattan
CNN.com—Obama considers the idea of making voting mandatory to counteract unlimited campaign spending
ABCnews.com—Amazon brings 1 hour delivery to Baltimore and Miami
USA Today—Google, TAG Heuer, and Intel teaming to make luxury smartwatches for Android
NBC News—Uber cars now outnumber yellow cabs in NYC


3.20.15
USA Today—Starbucks passes Subway to become the number 2 food chain in the US
NBC News—Amazon given approval by FAA to test delivery drones
CBS News—Obama announces new rules about fracking
ABCnews.com—FDA gives stamp of approval to new varieties of GM apples and potatoes
Fox News—Scientists believe they have located the remains of Don Quixote author Cervantes
CNN.com—Joseph Gordon-Levitt to produce and star in Fraggle Rock movie


3.23.15
NBC News—Arizona bill would keep the names of cops involved in shootings out of the public record for 60 days
CNN.com—Ravens defensive lineman publishes an article in a serious journal of mathematics
ABCnews.com—Ted Cruz to officially announce presidential bid
BBC News—AT&T loses $40 million in lawsuit after its lawyers failed to file an appeal on time
CBS News—Future uncertain for Top Gear, world's most popular television show, after one of its hosts is suspended
USA Today—Revamped Apple TV box to be released this summer


3.24.15
USA Today—Six new X-Files episodes to be filmed this summer
ABCnews.com—Plane crashes in French Alps, killing 150
CBS News—NC police looking for way to take legal action against a man who stands naked at his front door in full view of the public but not on public property
NBC News—Celebrities and corporations buying .porn internet addresses before they are available to the public for purchase
CNN.com—NFL to experiment with live streaming games next season
BBC News—Charlottesville police say they have found no evidence that a gang rape publicized in a Rolling Stone feature actually occurred


3.25.15
USA Today—Spielberg to direct film version of Ready Player One
BBC News—Facebook turns Messenger app into a platform
NBC News—Heinz and Kraft to merge
CNN.com—University of Phoenix, which grants online degrees, has lost half its students over the past five years
CBS News—Researchers find cooking method that reduces the calories in rice by 50%
ABCnews.com—Fast & Furious 7 star Vin Diesel says the movie will win the Oscar for Best Picture


3.26.15
CBS News—Dean Smith leaves money in his will to every letterman who ever played for him
USA Today—Copilot in Alps crash apparently intentionally destroyed the plane
Fox News—George Mason students invent fire extinguisher that uses sound waves to put out fires
CNN.com—New Ford vehicle has feature that scans speed limit signs and adjusts your speed accordingly
BBC News—Pepsi overtakes Diet Coke to become second most popular carbonated drink in the US
ABCnews.com—Yahoo planning to buy back $2 billion worth of its own stock


3.27.15
CNN.com—US penny minted in 1792 sells for over $1 million at auction
USA Today—Salesforce.com pulls the plug on expansion in Indiana after that state passes laws that allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT customers
BBC News—First light bulb made from graphene will soon hit stores
NBC News—Downton Abbey's sixth season will be its final one
CBS News—Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate his money to charity before he dies
ABCnews.com—Astronauts arrive at ISS for one year mission


3.30.15
USA Today—Crude oil prices could fall farther with US running out of places to store excess
CNN.com—The Walking Dead spinoff series will be called...Fear the Walking Dead
CBS News—Legal battle could finally put the 120 year old "Happy Birthday to You" in the public domain
Fox News—Stanford suspects large number of students of cheating
NBC News—New regulations for porn in California may move the industry to Las Vegas
ABCnews.com—CDC creates ad citing the health risks of e-cigarettes


3.31.15
CNN.com—The Daily Show announces little-known South African comic Trevor Noah will succeed Jon Stewart
ABCnews.com—Medieval remedy may be effective against superbugs
USA Today—Amazon introduces Dash, a WiFi enabled button with an adhesive back that can be used to order frequently used items without logging onto your Amazon account
CBS News—McDonald's testing all-day breakfast menu in some locations
Fox News—Wilco cancels Indiana show in protest of the recently passed Religious Freedom Act, which opponents say will be used to discriminate against LGBT people
NBC News—Ford bringing back the Lincoln Continental

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