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How to Read People Like Sherlock Holmes: 4 Insights From Research
Time - 3 Jan 2015 07:01
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to just look at someone and tell what they’re really like? Sherlock Holmes does this all the time and it’s incredibly cool. Check out this clip from the BBC show Sherlock. Of course,...
Watch North Korea's Kim Jong Un try to fly a plane
The Week - 3 Jan 2015 16:12
Well, sort of fly a plane. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un appears to have a fair amount of help from his co-pilot in the video below, which was posted to a YouTube account that Time reports has featured other North Korea...
Kim's disappearing eyebrows
CNN - 3 Jan 2015 04:11
Brianna Keilar reports on Kim Jong Un's annual New Year's address, where his appearance changed.
3 reasons AirAsia is hard to find
CNN - 3 Jan 2015 04:03
CNN's Tom Foreman explains how searchers are scanning the ocean for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501.
Coming year in architecture figures to be filled with drama
Chicago Tribune - 3 Jan 2015 17:05Yazidi raid on Iraqi town condemned
Al Jazeera English - 3 Jan 2015 07:23
Kurdish forces probe deadly attack on Sunni Arab town, which was an apparent attempt to find women abducted by ISIL.
Idaho's governor appeals to Supreme Court to reinstate ban on gay marriage
Reuters - 3 Jan 2015 07:21
SALMON, Idaho
Avian Flu Found in SE Wash. Backyard Flock
ABC News - 3 Jan 2015 07:05
Avian flu found in SE Wash. backyard flock; 2nd appearance in state; no public health danger
Iraq's Peshmerga desperate for US arms in fight against ISIS
Fox News - 3 Jan 2015 07:00
The Kurdish Peshmerga, a ragtag army of ill-equipped yet battled-hardened warriors, has emerged as the key to checking ISIS, and controlling the critical Mosul Dam.
Girl, 7, survives fatal plane crash in Kentucky
Chicago Tribune - 3 Jan 2015 06:43No Turned Backs at Officer Liu's Funeral, Bratton Asks
The New York Times - 3 Jan 2015 05:34
Police Commissioner William J. Bratton urged New York City officers not to demonstrate antagonism Mayor Bill de Blasio appears at the service for an officer who was killed on duty.
New York City Requiring Flu Shots for Preschoolers
The New York Times - 3 Jan 2015 05:16
The new rule applies to about 150,000 children in city-licensed day cares and preschools, covering those from 6 months to 5 years of age.
A Ring Sparks Speculation That North Korean Leader's Sister Has Married
The New York Times - 3 Jan 2015 04:51
A photograph in a North Korean newspaper of Kim Jong-un's younger sister wearing what may be a wedding ring has prompted suggestions that she recently married the son of one of Mr. Kim's close aides.
Many Identities of New York Officers' Killer Fueled a Life of Wrong Turns
The New York Times - 3 Jan 2015 04:43
Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who killed two police officers in New York last month, seemed to be a grandstander at the end of his tether, homeless, jobless and hopeless.
Rikers Island inmate dies after suicide watch ignored
New York Post - 3 Jan 2015 04:36
A mentally ill inmate who apparently hanged himself on New Year’s Day in a Rikers Island jail cell was supposed to be placed on suicide watch, but it wasn’t implemented,...
Ebola Outbreak Will End In 2015, But UN Officials Say It Won't Be Easy
IBTimes - 3 Jan 2015 03:30
Health officials are predicting the end of the current Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2015 -- but there is still work to do. Anthony Banbury, outgoing head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, tol...
UK denies prince Andrew underage sex claim
Al Jazeera English - 3 Jan 2015 02:56
Buckingham Palace rejects accusations in US lawsuit linking Duke of York among others to sex scandal involving minors.
Federal Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in LAX Shooting
ABC News - 3 Jan 2015 02:22
Prosecutors to seek death of suspected gunman who 'terrorized' LA airport in deadly rampage
Europe's growing migrant crisis
CNN - 3 Jan 2015 01:51
CNN's Nima Elbagir reports on what's being done about the flood of migrants heading to Europe.
Thousands Of Hungarians Protest For Democracy In Prime Minister Orbán's Government
IBTimes - 3 Jan 2015 01:30
Protesters flooded the streets of downtown Budapest Friday in a demonstration against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Activists said Orbán was not representing public interests in his policies, the Associated Pr...
Palestinians Deliver To UN Documents To Join War Crimes Court
IBTimes - 3 Jan 2015 01:30
(Reuters) - In a move that heightened tensions with Israel and could lead to cuts in U.S. aid, the Palestinians on Friday delivered to U.N. headquarters documents on joining the Rome Statute of the International Criminal...
Human Traffickers Made Over $1 Million From Single 'Ghost Ship,' As Thousands Flee From War-Torn Syria
IBTimes - 3 Jan 2015 01:30
Human traffickers made more than $1 million from the nearly 500 migrants aboard just one "ghost ship," which Italian sailors found abandoned off the heel of Italy on Friday, according to a statement from Frontex, the Eur...