20-Feb-2015 12:50

TIME Person of the Year Reader’s Poll â€" Updating Results (1018579 views) :: http://time.com/3562201/time-person-of-the-year-poll-results/

Vote Now: Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year? (2583209 views) :: http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/

Oscar Ballots in, Best Picture Seems to Narrow to ‘Boyhood’ vs. ‘Birdman’ :: Richard Linklater’s valentine to growing up, an early favorite, is now neck and neck with Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s wizardry in the best picture category.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/movies/awardsseason/oscar-ballots-in-best-picture-seems-to-narrow-to-boyhood-vs-birdman.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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

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

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

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: College, Poetry and Purpose :: I reconnected with my Shakespeare professor to get her thoughts on the humanities and higher education today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/opinion/frank-bruni-college-poetry-and-purpose.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Doctors Strive to Do Less Harm by Inattentive Care :: Inattentive medical care is now seen as a real harm. To remedy the situation, many hospitals and doctors are surveying those in their care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/health/doctors-strive-to-do-less-harm-by-inattentive-care.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Ryan Budget Plan Draws GOP Flak :: House Republican leaders are drawing opposition from party members to the idea of revamping Medicare for more Americans than previously suggested.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342741269490544.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

TSA to Allow Small Knives on Planes :: The Transportation Security Administration said it would soon allow fliers to carry certain smaller knives onto airplanes, one of the biggest moves to scale back airport-security measures since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342580651057500.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Venezuela Leader Chávez Dies at 58 :: Hugo Chávez, a former tank commander turned populist politician who used Venezuela's oil riches to pursue his vision of socialism and challenge the U.S., died Tuesday from complications related to cancer.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577265460960140008.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Cardinals Raise Questions Over Report :: When cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope, the chapel will become a fortress of the Holy See's most carefully guarded secrets. But there is one secret many of the cardinals themselves are trying to divine.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324178904578342552773070858.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Five Stocks Handled the Heavy Lifting :: Five blue-chip stocks have accounted for about one-third of the rally in the Dow since the financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342771985751896.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Beijing, U.S. Unveil New Korean Sanctions :: The U.S. and China introduced a new round of sanctions against North Korea at the United Nations that the U.S. said would significantly impede the development of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, in response to its test last month of an atomic bomb.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342311961968652.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Venezuela Consults Cuban Playbook :: Hours before announcing Chávez's death, the government resorted to a ploy to try to unite his supporters: Talk of an alleged conspiracy by the U.S. to destabilize the country.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323494504578342440377083144.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Reclaiming Puerto Rico’s Food Paradise :: A movement of loosely affiliated cooks, farmers and activists is trying to reclaim the gastronomic paradise at their fingertips.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/dining/reclaiming-puerto-ricos-food-paradise.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

GOP Assemblyman Rocky Chávez explores US Senate bid - Sacramento Bee :: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article10522949.html