19-Feb-2015 18:32

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

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

Machine Learning: Microsoft Has Suddenly Gotten Serious With Mobile :: There’s a new strategy afoot at the company, which has brought apps and services to the Apple and Android devices people actually use, rather than ones that run Windows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/technology/personaltech/microsoft-has-suddenly-gotten-serious-with-mobile.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

‘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

State of the Art: Photoshop at 25: A Thriving Chameleon Adapts to an Instagram World :: Adobe, which introduced the image-editing program in 1990, has moved to a less expensive subscription-based model in an effort to democratize access.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/technology/personaltech/photoshop-at-25-a-thriving-chameleon-adapts-to-an-instagram-world.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Living In: In Wilton, Conn., Historic Homes and Fine Schools :: The high-performing school system is a draw for buyers who can do without the more convenient commute enjoyed by neighboring suburbs to the south.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/realestate/in-wilton-conn-historic-homes-and-fine-schools.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Larry David on Broadway Theater, ‘Seinfeld’ and Death Etiquette :: As Mr. David’s opening night for “Fish in the Dark” approaches, he bemoans the play’s enormous advance ticket sales as “a terrible thing.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/theater/larry-david-on-broadway-theater-seinfeld-and-death-etiquette.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A Lunar New Year With a Name That’s a Matter of Opinion :: The word for the eighth animal in the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year cycle of creatures in Mandarin does not make the distinction found in English between goats and sheep.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/asia/chinese-new-year-sheep-goat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Columnist: Democracy Is in Recession :: Turkey’s drift away from democracy is part of a much larger trend around the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/opinion/thomas-friedman-democracy-is-in-recession.html?partner=rss&emc=rss