Thursday, May 21, 2015

21-May-2015 16:06

Women in Texas Sue a Porn Site :: More than a dozen women filed a civil lawsuit in Texas state court against a porn website, Texxxan.com, alleging their intimate photos were posted illegally and included information that made them easy to identify.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323301104578258203530565638.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Los Angeles Is Becoming Paris Amid the Palms :: A growing number of French labels and French designers are hearing the siren song of the West Coast.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/fashion/los-angeles-is-becoming-paris-amid-the-palms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Dollar up, bond yields fall as Fed rate hike appears further out :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/10GoQAQ0vjk/story01.htm

Latvian Region Has Distinct Identity, and Allure for Russia :: Latgale’s separate language and culture explain why it is seen as fertile ground for attempts to weaken NATO’s easternmost fringe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/world/europe/latvian-region-has-distinct-identity-and-allure-for-russia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Texas-Sized 46-Bedroom Mansion Hits the Market :: A Texas doctor wants to sell his mansion with a garage that fits nearly a dozen cars.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/everythings-bigger-texas-46-bedroom-mansion-hits-market/story?id=31182141

BITS | ROBOTICA: The Bionic Man :: Les Baugh lost his arms as a teenager. Engineers at Johns Hopkins are trying to give them back, but better. Mr. Baugh is testing a robotic prosthetic that he can control with his mind.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000003693281/the-bionic-man.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

See What Happens When Army Dad Can't Make Kid's Graduation :: Mesa Officer Shawn Prinkey is serving in Afghanistan and couldn't make his daughter Sophia's kindergarten graduation.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/dad-serving-afghanistan-attend-daughters-kindergarten-graduation-local/story?id=31182142

Phys Ed: Lack of Exercise Can Disrupt the Body’s Rhythms :: Exercise may affect our daily movement patterns even more than age does.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/lack-of-exercise-can-disrupt-the-bodys-rhythms/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Child Stars From 'Suite Life of Zack and Cody' Graduate College :: The once fresh-faced child stars from the "Suite Life of Zack and Cody" are now college graduates.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dylan-cole-sprouse-suite-life-zack-cody-graduate/story?id=31182021

Well: Many Probiotics Taken for Celiac Disease Contain Gluten :: More than half of the 22 top-selling probiotic supplements that researchers analyzed contained gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye that is harmful to people with celiac disease.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/many-probiotics-taken-for-celiac-disease-contain-gluten/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Body of Evidence: The Dad Bod, Quantified :: Someone had to do it. We figured out how much softer a man’s body gets, on average, when he becomes a father.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/upshot/the-dad-bod-quantified.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Stone Tools From Kenya Are Oldest Yet Discovered :: The tools, dating to 3.3 million years ago, may indicate that hominins were making tools much earlier than previously thought by some 700,000 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/science/stone-tools-from-kenya-are-oldest-yet-discovered.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

‘Opt Out’ Becomes Anti-Test Rallying Cry in New York State :: A small, if vocal, movement urging parents to have their children sit out standardized exams took off this year, maturing from scattered displays of disobedience into a widespread rebuke.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/nyregion/opt-out-movement-against-common-core-testing-grows-in-new-york-state.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Weekend Guide: 36 Hours in Bilbao, Spain :: Beyond the city’s celebrated museum, there’s much to explore from Michelin-star restaurants and enticing shops to a vast cultural center and sprawling Art Deco market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/travel/things-to-do-in-36-hours-in-bilbao-spain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

TRAVEL: 36 Hours in Bilbao :: Beyond Bilbao’s Guggenheim museum, there’s much to explore, from Michelin-star restaurants and medieval streets, to a bar run by a world-class mixologist.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/travel/100000003659611/36-hours-in-bilbao.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Israel Cancels Project Barring Palestinians From Some Buses to the West Bank :: A contentious plan introduced this week prohibited Palestinians returning to the West Bank from riding on the same buses as Israelis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/world/middleeast/bus-palestinians-netanyahu-suspends-west-bank-settlements.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

State of the Art: A Tech Boom Aimed at the Few, Instead of the World :: The industry once thought big, but today’s wave of start-ups is characterized by a rise in services aimed at the wealthy and the young.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/technology/personaltech/a-tech-boom-aimed-at-the-few-instead-of-the-world.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Dog Found in Dead Owner's Arms After Tornado Has New Home :: The Great Pyrenees has now found a loving adoptive family.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dog-found-dead-owners-arms-texas-tornado-home/story?id=31156605

Baby Spiders Reportedly Rain Down on Australian Town :: Millions of spiders reportedly dropped from the sky this month.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/baby-spiders-reportedly-rain-australian-town/story?id=31150629

Robotica Episode 3: Prosthetic Limbs, Controlled by Thought :: The next generation of prostheses includes artificial arms with flexible fingers sensitive enough to transmit the sensation of texture.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/technology/a-bionic-approach-to-prosthetics-controlled-by-thought.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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