daily links: may 2015

5.1.15
CBS News—New college ranking system measures post-graduation success
Fox News—Baltimore prosecutor files charges against six police officers related to the death of Freddie Gray
CNN.com—Yahoo CEO docked $13 million for the company's poor performance in 2014, but still banks $42 million
BBC News—Tesla reveals battery for your home called Powerwall
USA Today—Director of second Star Wars spinoff quits the project
NBC News—Stand By Me singer Ben E. King dies at 76


5.4.15
NBC News—CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook COO dies after falling off a treadmill
USA Today—Two men killed by police officer at art exhibit that showed depictions of Mohammed
ABCnews.com—College student accused of poisoning her roommate's food
CBS News—Singer Chris Brown accused of battery in Las Vegas
CNN.com—Duchess Kate gives birth to daughter named Charlotte, the feminine form of her grandfather Charles' name
Fox News—New images from Star Wars VII revealed


5.11.15
ABCnews.com—Tom Brady suspended for four games for deflating balls in AFC championship game, and the Patriots fined $1 million and lose first and fourth round draft picks. It's still not enough.
CNN.com—Nasdaq will start using Bitcoin technology to process stock trades
NBC News—Picasso painting sells for $179 million at auctin, setting a new world record
Fox News—The X-Files will return for six episodes featuring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson next year
USA Today—Volvo announces that it will build its first US factory in Charleston, SC
CBS News—Fitbit files for IPO


5.12.15
ABCnews.com—FDA considers lifting the ban on gay male blood donors that has been in place since 1983
Fox News—UVA dean sues Rolling Stone over story published by the magazine that detailed a gang rape that never happened
USA Today—Cuba has promising lung cancer vaccine that the US is eager to get its hands on
CNN.com—Verizon buying AOL for $4.4 billion
CBS News—Art Institute of Chicago gives Kanye West an honorary doctorate
NBC News—2016 will be final season for American Idol


5.14.15
USA Today—Father accused of throwing four year old daughter off cliff to avoid paying child support
CNN.com—Harry Shearer, voice of several popular Simpons characters, will not have his contract renewed and will be replaced by other voice actors
Fox News—Walmart taking on Amazon Prime by offering $50 a year unlimited three day shipping service
CBS News—Mazda and Toyota announce technology sharing agreement
ABCnews.com—Minecraft becomes the most streamed game in YouTube history
NBC News—Pedialyte says its drinks can also be used as a hangover cure for adults


5.15.15
USA Today—All 4.3 billion IPv4 internet addresses will be used up by this summer
CBS News—Taco Bell to test serving alcohol in Chicago
CNN.com—Bioconcrete can heal itself as it cracks using bacteria
ABCnews.com—Carl Icahn makes $100 million investment in Uber competitor Lyft
Fox News—Blizzard bans 100,000 World of Warcraft players for cheating
NBC News—McDonald's reveals new live-action Hamburglar


5.18.15
CNN.com—Obama wants to limit the ability of federal agencies to provide military-grade equipment and weapons to local police forces
ABCnews.com—Rand Paul says he will filibuster to block the renewal of the Patriot Act
NBC News—Apparently it sometimes rains spiders in Australia. This is the most terrifying thing I've ever read.
BBC News—Pitch Perfect 2 beats out Mad Max reboot to win the weekend box office
USA Today—Starbucks announces partnership with Spotify
CBS News—Lane Bryant buys Ann Taylor for $2.1 billion


5.19.15
Fox News—WHO setting up $100 million emergency fund to deal with a future crisis like the Ebola outbreak
CBS News—School cell phone bans linked to higher test scores
BBC News—Scientists have figured out how to home-brew morphine using the same kits used to home-brew beer
CNN.com—KFC bringing back Colonel Sanders as a pitchman, with Darrell Hammond playing the role of the deceased founder
NBC News—Navy Secretary proposes doubling the amount of paid maternity leave for sailors
ABCnews.com—Woman charged with killing a cat and her four kittens with a hammer to punish her grandchildren for not cleaning their rooms


5.26.15
USA Today—Charter buys Time Warner Cable for $55 billion
CNN.com—Seattle Seahawks fans start crowdfunding site in an attempt to keep star quarterback Russell Wilson
BBC News—Apple promotes Jony Ive to Chief Design Officer
Fox News—B.B. King's family says that he was poisoned by his aides
ABCnews.com—Woman accused of murdering her fiancee by tampering with his boat and paddle on a kayaking trip
CBS News—Amazon preparing to take on Etsy


5.27.15
CNN.com—US Department of Justice issues indictments against FIFA officials for racketeering and corruption
USA Today—Rhode Island blames 80% increase in syphilis on social media hookup apps like Tinder
CBS News—Lamborghini confirms that it will bring an SUV to market in 2018
ABCnews.com—Walmart agrees to settle civil suit filed against them by comedian Tracy Morgan
Fox News—US military confirms that Boeing is working on an EMP weapon for them. Which means they've already had it for several years.
NBC News—Apple reclaims the title of world's most valuable brand


5.28.15
USA Today—Jawbone sues Fitbit for stealing trade secrets
NBC News—Live anthrax mistakenly mailed out to nine labs from a US military facility
ABCnews.com—Google will now offer free unlimited storage for photos and videos
CBS News—Trevor Noah's first day as host of The Daily Show will be September 28
CNN.com—Johnny Quest being made into live-action movie
Fox News—Russian threatens to ban major social media sites like Facebook and Twitter


5.29.15
NBC News—Beer maker halts production in Georgia and instead cans water to send to victims of flooding in Texas and Oklahoma
CBS News—Almost half of American families say they couldn't come up with $400 to cover an unexpected expense
ABCnews.com—Hooters waitress donates kidney to longtime customer
Fox News—National Spelling Bee ends in tie for second year in a row
USA Today—Google says Gmail now has 900 million users and announces that alternate email tool Inbox is now open to everyone
CNN.com—Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert charged with lying to the FBI

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