19-Feb-2015 16:30

TIME Person of the Year Reader’s Poll â€" Updating Results (1069287 views) :: http://time.com/3562201/time-person-of-the-year-poll-results/

Vote Now: Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year? (2707327 views) :: http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/

Explosion at Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance, California, injures four :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/2NT5kJ2jva8/story01.htm

Oil tumbles as huge supplies raise doubts about rally :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/-e2r3rewmtg/story01.htm

Greece expected to seek loan extension from skeptical euro zone :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/XBhUX_O8_DY/story01.htm

Mark Ruffalo Says Expect a Different Hulk in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron??? :: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mark-ruffalo-expect-hulk-avengers-age-ultron/story?id=29059100

Scuba Divers Discover 'Priceless' Gold Coins :: Scuba divers off the coast of Israel have uncovered a treasure trove of solid gold coins dating back more than 1,000 years.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/scuba-divers-discover-priceless-gold-coins-israel/story?id=29051765

Well: Real Runners Do Take Walk Breaks :: One runner’s strategy and mind-set about the run-walk-run method during her road races and marathons.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/real-runners-do-take-walk-breaks/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Buffett now the world's most generous man - The Southern Herald :: http://www.thesouthernherald.com/business/buffett-now-the-worlds-most-generous-man-h201.html

Brazil Carnival Party Mocks Stigma of Women Who Slept Around :: Brazil women throw Carnival party to mock stigma tied to women with multiple past sex partners
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-carnival-party-mocks-stigma-women-slept-29050294

Books of The Times: Review: Helen Macdonald’s ‘H Is for Hawk,’ a Memoir on Grief and Falconry :: Ms. Macdonald writes about coping with her father’s sudden death by training one of nature’s most vicious predators, the goshawk.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/books/review-helen-macdonalds-h-is-for-hawk-a-memoir-on-grief-and-falconry.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Patriots Locker Room Attendant Tried to Put Unapproved Ball Into AFC Final :: A locker room attendant for the New England Patriots tried to introduce an unapproved special teams football into last month's AFC Championship Game, the same game at the center of the "Deflategate" allegations, four sources familiar with the investigation told "Outside the Lines." One source said that the attendant assigned to the officials' locker room, identified as 48-year-old Jim McNally, has been interviewed by investigators for Ted Wells, the attorney the NFL hired last month to lead an investigation into allegations the Patriots intentionally used underinflated footballs on offensive plays in the first half of that game against the Indianapolis Colts, which New England won 45-7. Three sources said that McNally has worked Patriots games for a decade, and has been in charge of the officials' locker room at Gillette Stadium since at least 2008. In the first half of the AFC Championship Game, the sources said, McNally tried to give the unapproved...
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/patriots-locker-room-attendant-put-unapproved-ball-afc/story?id=29040309

New Approach to Blocking H.I.V. Raises Hopes for an AIDS Vaccine :: A new compound has blocked H.I.V. infection so well in monkeys that it may be able to function as a vaccine against AIDS, scientists say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/health/new-approach-to-blocking-hiv-raises-talk-of-an-aids-vaccine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

From a Private School in Cairo to ISIS Killing Fields in Syria (With Video) :: The West is not alone in struggling to understand why young men like Islam Yaken, raised in homes that would never condone violence, are joining the Islamic State.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/middleeast/from-a-private-school-in-cairo-to-isis-killing-fields-in-syria-video.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Metropolitan Opera Unveils a Season of Big Stars and 6 New Productions :: The Met will open its season with a new production of Verdi’s “Otello”; and Nina Stemme will star in a new production of Strauss’s “Elektra.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-unveils-a-season-of-big-stars-and-6-new-operas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Raida Journal: Persecution Defines Life for Yemen’s Remaining Jews :: With the Houthis dominating the country and the United States and Britain closing their embassies, the population has seldom been so threatened and had so few protectors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/middleeast/persecution-defines-life-for-yemens-few-jews.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Opinionator | The End: My Mother Is Not a Bird :: Euphemisms of the afterlife weren’t for us. Where she is now is in my mind.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/my-mother-is-not-a-bird/?partner=rss&emc=rss

A Look at the Revised Timeline in Vegas 'Road Rage' Shooting :: As police work to identify a suspect in the ???road rage??? shooting that left a mother of four dead, authorities are struggling to draw an accurate picture of what happened.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tammy-meyers-road-rage-shooting-adjusted-timeline/story?id=29046012

Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met :: Joyce DiDonato stars in Rossini’s tale of Scottish rivals in love and politics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/arts/music/review-a-la-donna-del-lago-with-melting-tenderness-at-the-met.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

‘Mark Twain’s America’ and ‘Huck Finn’s America’ :: Two books about Mark Twain and his masterpiece explore his continuing relevance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/books/review/mark-twains-america-and-huck-finns-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss