daily links: may 2012

5.1.12
CBS News—Dow Jones hits highest mark since 2007
Fox News—Officials in Windsor, Canada, claim there is a mysterious hum coming from across the river in Detroit
ABCnews.com—New Jersey mom arrested after her 5 year old daughter is burned in a tanning bed
MSNBC—Twelve people arrested in Britain for tweeting rape victim's name
USA Today—Five arrested in plot to blow up bridge in Ohio
CNN.com—Bankrupt Ocotmom says she will consider doing porn to support her 14 children


5.2.12
BBC News—Motorola wins judgment that bans sale of Xbox 360 and Windows 7 in Germany
USA Today—Target will no longer sell Amazon's Kindle tablets and e-readers
CNN.com—Former NFL great Junior Seau dead from apparent suicide
MSNBC—Jack White's solo effort gives him his first number one album
CBS News—Elephant at the National Zoo has learned how to play harmonica
ABCnews.com—Shaquille O'Neal earns Ph.D. in education


5.3.12
CNN.com—Spirit Airlines to charge $100 for carry on bags
USA Today—National Mall getting $700 million overhaul
MSNBC—Ravens' Terrell Suggs, the NFL's defensive player of the year, tears achilles and could miss the entire 2012 season
Fox News—Facebook sets IPO price
CBS News—La Nina ends its two year cycle
BBC News—Edvard Munch's The Scream sells for $120 million, the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction


5.4.12
CBS News—Army officer serving in Afghanistan dies during Skype chat with wife
CNN.com—Beastie Boy Adam Yauch dies at 47 after battle with cancer
USA Today—Mariano Rivera's career could be over after torn ACL
ABCnews.com—Texas woman accused of stealing more than 100 iPads
Fox News—Researcher may have been killed by the deadly disease he was studying
MSNBC—New Yahoo CEO's resume lie could get him fired


5.7.12
CBS News—The Avengers sets new domestic opening weekend record with $200 million box office
USA Today—Domino's to offer gluten free crust
CNN.com—Arizona's female governor signs bill that will prevent Planned Parenthood clinics in the state from receiving public funds
ABCnews.com—People who jog at least an hour a week live an average of six years longer
BBC News—Sarkozy loses reelection bid for French presidency
Fox News—Apple may be planning to offer wireless service directly to iPhone customers


5.8.12
BBC News—Jury finds that Google breached Oracle's Java copyrights in its Android operating system
CNN.com—Mom sends son to school with stun gun so he could confront his bullies
Fox News—Lost star Matthew Fox arrested for DUI
USA Today—Microsoft to offer $99 Xbox for customers who subscribe to its monthly online service
MSNBC—Giants reliever suspended for 100 games after failing his second drug test
CBS News—Apple may release $799 MacBook Air


5.9.12
CNN.com—Obama announces unequivocal support for legalizing gay marriage. A day late and a dollar short, but it still counts, I guess.
USA Today—BioShock Infinite pushed back to 2013
MSNBC—Britney Spears to earn $15 million as judge on X Factor
CBS News—Study finds that 16% of cancers caused by treatable infections
Fox News—Man legally changes his name to Tyrannosaurus Rex
ABCnews.com—Vidal Sassoon dies at 84


5.10.12
BBC News—Developers of new Carmageddon game using Kickstarter to raise cash
CNN.com—Two men accuse John Travolta of sexual battery
CBS News—Harry Potter e-books coming to Kindle lending library
ABCnews.com—Facebook developing app store that will include pay apps for the social networking site
USA Today—Immigrants taking naturalization test about the United States do better than native-born Americans
Fox News—Light from Earth-like planet seen by telescope for the first time


5.11.12
ABCnews.com—JPMorgan reveals $2 billion loss caused by one rogue trader in London
Fox News—200 foot high cross costing $5 million to be built in Branson, Missouri
CNN.com—Facebook cofounder renounces his US citizenship
MSNBC—Adobe won't issue free patch for security vulnerability, instead telling customers that if they want to protect themselves, they should upgrade to the just-released new versions of their products
BBC News—Facebook testing feature that would allow users to pay to make their posts more prominent
CBS News—USPS bans all overseas shipments of devices containing lithium ion batteries, including Kindles and iPads


5.14.12
Fox News—Scientists to build $1 billion ghost town to test new technologies
MSNBC—52 year old janitor for Columbia University receives undergraduate degree after more than a decade of taking class around his work schedule
USA Today—7-Eleven introducing low-calorie Slurpee Lite
BBC News—London will deploy LRAD, which uses sound to induce disabling pain, for the Summer Olympics
CNN.com—New Yahoo CEO ousted four months into his tenure after he was caught padding his resume
ABCnews.com—Church sues former members over online criticism


5.15.12
BBC News—Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson arrested in Germany
CBS News—New Jersey town bans texting while walking
Fox News—NBC confirms that 30 Rock will come to an end after seven seasons
CNN.com—Company that created Angry Birds releases new game
MSNBC—Star of Swamp People reality show dies on his boat
USA Today—Reboot of Tomb Raider video game franchise pushed back to 2013


5.16.12
CNN.com—Catholic school forfeits state baseball championship because a girl was playing second base for the opposing team
USA Today—Sketchers to pay $40 million to settle false advertising claims regarding its Shape-ups shoes
CBS News—NFL veteran quits the game while still in his prime, fearing future brain damage from head injuries
Fox News—Man who starred as John Connor in Terminator 3 is missing
MSNBC—Next iPhone will reportedly feature a larger 4 inch screen
BBC News—One sexual assault claim against John Travolta dropped by plaintiff


5.17.12
BBC News—For the first time in history, white births in the US are not the majority
MSNBC—Guinness won't count White Stripes one note concert as world's shortest
CNN.com—Donna Summer dies from cancer at 63
USA Today—Verizon to end unlimited data plans for wireless customers
ABCnews.com—Facebook raises IPO share price to $38
Fox News—Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife hangs herself


5.18.12
MSNBC—GM says it won't run any ads during next year's Super Bowl
CNN.com—Comcast to abandon data cap and move to a usage-based billing system
BBC News—Maryland Supreme Court says same-sex divorce is allowable in the state even though same-sex marriage has yet to be legalized
Fox News—Fossil discovery reveals ancient turtle that was as big as a car
USA Today—Will Smith slaps reporter who tried to kiss him
CBS News—Bono's stake in Facebook could be worth $1.5 billion


5.21.12
CNN.com—JPMorgan's original estimate of a $2 billion loss due to high-risk trades is now likely to swell to $6 billion or more
ABCnews.com—Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another also takes the Preakness, setting him up for a Triple Crown attempt
Fox News—Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million at auction
USA Today—Mark Zuckerberg weds longtime girlfriend in surprise ceremony
MSNBC—The Avengers wins domestic box office for third straight week
CBS News—Bee Gees star Robin Gibb dies at 62 after battle with cancer


5.22.12
ABCnews.com—High school coach fired after taking student to prom
Fox News—3 1/2 tons of marijuana found floating off the coast of California
MSNBC—Madden 2013 to include Tebowing animation
BBC News—Facebook shares close 11% below their initial price
USA Today—Man survives suicide attempt at Niagara Falls
CBS News—New app can scan faces of bargoers to guess age and gender


5.23.12
CNN.com—Investors sue Facebook and underwriter Morgan Stanley after botched IPO
USA Today—Sender of text message may be held liable in civil case against man who got into car accident while distracted by his phone
MSNBC—Two female soldiers sue US military to have the ban on women in combat lifted
ABCnews.com—Apple's lead designer, Jonathan Ive, receives knighthood
BBC News—Jury finds that Google did not infringe on Oracle patents in its Android operating system
CBS News—Diablo III breaks record for first day sales of a PC game


5.24.12
CBS News—Man confesses to 1979 murder of first missing child to be put on a milk carton
CNN.com—Pulitzer Prize winner to publish new story one tweet at a time
USA Today—IBM bans Apple's Siri in the office
ABCnews.com—Tech exec arrested for switching barcodes on expensive Lego sets and then reselling them online for a profit
Fox News—Researchers use earthquake to pin down exact date of Jesus' crucifixion
MSNBC—Facebook launches camera app for iPhone that is very similar to the Instagram app they are in the process of purchasing


5.25.12
USA Today—Cargo capsule from commercial space firm SpaceX docks with ISS
ABCnews.com—Police chief defends his decision to assign 10 investigators to recover his son's stolen iPhone
Fox News—Father accused of tying up his four year old daughter so he could play video games
CNN.com—Broadcasters sue Dish Network over new DVR that automatically skips over ads
MSNBC—Gay bar bans straight bachelorette parties until same sex marriage is legalized everywhere in the US
CBS News—Nine year old's blog forces school to improve food served to students


5.29.12
CBS News—NASA sets rules for Lunar X Prize moon landing
USA Today—Serena Williams defeated in first round of French Open
CNN.com—Facebook recruiting Apple engineers to develop their own smartphone
MSNBC—Six year old girl is youngest yet to qualify for National Spelling Bee
Fox News—Facebook shares have lost nearly a quarter of their IPO value
BBC News—Tuna caught off the coast of California are radioactive from Japanese nuclear accident


5.30.12
CNN.com—Scientists confirm existence of "old person smell"
Fox News—49 year old pitcher Jamie Moyer released by the Rockies
ABCnews.com—Serpent-handling pastor killed by snake bite
CBS News—ACLU challenges Illinois ban on same-sex marriage
BBC News—Bob Dylan awarded the Medal of Freedom by Obama
MSNBC—Steven Tyler buys world's fastest street-legal car


5.31.12
Fox News—US grants first space tourism permit to Virgin Galactic
CNN.com—Cricket Wireless to sell first contract-free iPhone in US
ABCnews.com—Skype to be integrated into Windows 8
CBS News—Cell phones that monitor radiation levels to be sold in Japan
BBC News—Aspirin may help prevent skin cancer
MSNBC—Care Bears making a comeback with a new tv show

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