Thursday, January 29, 2015

29-Jan-2015 05:03

Fed upbeat on U.S. economy, cites strong job gains :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/2tFbcqs0tS8/story01.htm

Greek PM Tsipras freezes privatisations, markets tumble :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/AG1XB9lPgw4/story01.htm

Wall Street ends lower after Fed statement, oil drop :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/9oEz-TEUs8k/story01.htm

Tests of Retirees Link Youth Football to Brain Problems :: A study of N.F.L. retirees found that those who began playing tackle football when they were younger than 12 increased their risk of developing memory and thinking problems later in life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/sports/football/study-points-to-cognitive-dangers-of-tackle-football-before-age-12.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Flooding leaves mess in oceanfront Massachusetts after storm :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/Va8VGFnKGes/story01.htm

What Makes Bill Gates Feel 'Stupid' :: Bill Gates is part of the world's elite brain trust but there's still one thing that makes the Microsoft founder feel "stupid."
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/bill-gates-reveals-makes-feel-pretty-stupid/story?id=28553707

Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects :: The painter Kehinde Wiley, the subject of a coming Brooklyn Museum retrospective, is known for vibrant, photo-based portraits of young black men in poses culled from art history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/arts/design/kehinde-wiley-puts-a-classical-spin-on-his-contemporary-subjects.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Skull Fossil Offers New Clues on Human Journey From Africa :: Researchers have discovered a 55,000-year-old skull fossil that they say is a missing connection between African and European populations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/science/ancient-skull-adds-new-insight-to-story-of-human-evolution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Adult ISIS Fighter in Child Executioner Video Killed, Official Says :: Man watched as young boy appeared to murder two men in chilling video.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/adult-isis-fighter-child-executioner-video-killed-official/story?id=28553447

Recipe Lab: Texas Chili Makes a Welcome Guest :: A Texas chili, like all great beef stews, combines the fragrant spices of a tagine, the succulent beefiness of pot roast and the slurpy heat of a goulash. (Article plus video.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/dining/texas-chili-makes-a-welcome-guest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Top 50 mega-donors spent almost half a billion dollars on state elections in 2014 - Washington Post (blog) :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/01/28/top-50-mega-donors-spent-almost-half-a-billion-dollars-on-state-elections-in-2014/

State of the Art: Uber’s Business Model Could Change Your Work :: New technologies have the potential to divide a variety of traditional jobs into tasks that can be assigned to people just when they’re needed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/technology/personaltech/uber-a-rising-business-model.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Tom Brady Cannot Stop :: A season in the charmed, cutthroat life of the N.F.L.’s most enigmatic quarterback.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/magazine/tom-brady-cannot-stop.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Snowblower Attack Leads to Arrest of 61-Year-Old Woman :: A Massachusetts woman was arrested during the blinding blizzard that walloped New England after she attacked her neighbor with a snowblower, police said today.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/blizzard-2015-snowblower-attack-leads-arrest-61-year/story?id=28545933

How Doctors and Parents May Be Contributing to the Rise of Measles :: With at least 64 confirmed cases of measles this month, the disease seems on pace to have its worst year in nearly two decades.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/doctors-parents-contributing-rise-measles/story?id=28543636

Litvinenko autopsy was world's most dangerous, UK inquiry hears :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/1I25zDr0c2c/story01.htm

Exclusive: Spending- why 'red' states shoulder the deepest cuts under Obama :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/ASWYiD3cddc/story01.htm

Phys Ed: How Weight Training Can Help You Keep the Weight Off :: Exercise can help keep the pounds off after weight loss, and weight training may be particularly beneficial, a new study shows.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/how-weight-training-can-help-you-keep-the-weight-off/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Obama Relents on Proposal to End ‘529’ College Savings Plans :: The president, facing pressure from both parties, dropped from his budget a proposal to effectively end college savings accounts known as 529s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/us/politics/obama-will-drop-proposal-to-end-529-college-savings-plans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Charles H. Townes Dies at 99; He Envisioned the Laser, Bringing It Into Daily Life :: Dr. Townes shared the Nobel Prize in 1964 for his work on lasers, in a career that included advising on lunar landings, verifying Einstein’s theories and creating an atomic clock.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/charles-h-townes-physicist-who-helped-develop-lasers-dies-at-99.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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