Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Google News compiled for the BBC's Biodun Iginla--1/12/15--in New York

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Alabama holds off Deshaun Watson, Clemson to win national championship

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
GLENDALE, Ariz. - He has now won five national titles, staking his claim as arguably the greatest coach of all-time. But Nick Saban has never had to overcome an opponent like this with so much on the line, making all the more impressive what Alabama ...

Prosecutors in these seven US courtrooms want 'El Chapo'

Los Angeles Times - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Mexican marines storm a home during the operation to recapture Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Los Mochis, Mexico, in an image from video taken Jan. 8, 2016.

Hillary Clinton Calls for End to Immigration Raids

NBCNews.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday called on the Obama administration to stop raids at homes of Central American immigrant families and provide attorneys for all children who arrived at the U.S.

Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina Fail To Make The Cut For The Next Prime Time GOP Debate

Huffington Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina participated in the last GOP debate, hosted by CNN, but did not make the cut for Thursday's main event.

"Affluenza" mom Tonya Couch posts bond, sheriff says

CBS News - ‎3 hours ago‎
FORT WORTH, Texas --The Tarrant County sheriff says bond has been posted by the mother of a Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense after killing four people in a drunken wreck.

Aid Convoys Reach 3 Syria Communities Besieged for Months

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
DAMASCUS, Syria - The U.N. humanitarian chief has called for Monday's delivery of aid to three besieged towns in Syria to be the first of many and welcomed a Syrian statement that such deliveries should be repeated and sustained.

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards: No Comment on Bill Clinton's ...

Breitbart News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Planned Parenthood's historic endorsement of a candidate in a primary comes as the organization is under congressional investigation by several committees for possible criminal activity as seen in a series of videos exposing the abortion business ...
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Vladimir Putin denies setting his dog on Angela Merkel

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎7 hours ago‎
Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel's meeting in Sochi in 2007 Photo: AFP. They literally speak the same language - Mr Putin speaks German and served with the KGB in Dresden, while Mrs Merkel learnt Russian while she was growing up in East Germany ...
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Biden says Obama offered financial help amid son's illness

CNN International - ‎5 hours ago‎
In the never been told before story, Biden recalled how concerned Obama had been. Describing in an interview with CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger one of his weekly lunches with Obama, Biden said he told the President he was worried about ...
Interested in Barack Obama?  YesNo

Venezuela Supreme Court Declares Congress Decisions Void

Voice of America - ‎3 hours ago‎
The opposition dubbed the ruling a bid to strip it of its super majority, and defiantly swore in the three barred opposition lawmakers anyway, one of a number of tussles between the newly convened congress and the court. "Decisions taken or to be taken ...
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Cameron tries to avert EU slanging match

BBC News - ‎10 hours ago‎
How do you stop a polite conversation about politics, even with your nearest and dearest, descending into a slanging match? The only failsafe answer of course is not to talk about politics at all.

T-Mobile apology for f-word outburst over Binge On

BBC News - ‎5 hours ago‎
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
They announced their engagement in the births, marriages and deaths section of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Mr Murdoch's News Corporation company.

David Cameron challenged on climate policies

BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Mr MacNeil, who chairs the energy and climate change committee, told BBC News the decision to scrap the CCS fund was incomprehensible.

Junior doctors' strike: Treatments postponed amid walkout

BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Hospitals in England are expected to face major disruption later as junior doctors go on strike in a dispute with the government over a new contract.

A billion dollar bet: The difficulty of leading a 'unicorn firm'

BBC News - ‎7 hours ago‎
BlaBlaCar - a long distance ride sharing platform - was, like many start-ups, invented to solve a simple problem. Founder and chief executive Frederic Mazella was trying to get back to his family in time for Christmas, but had left booking his train ...

Australians die in crash 'on way to Taj Mahal'

BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Five Australians have been killed in a road accident in India, amid reports they were members of a family on their way to the Taj Mahal.

Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire 'best ever'

BBC News - ‎5 hours ago‎
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain". The circular wooden houses, built on stilts, form part of a settlement at Must Farm quarry, in Cambridgeshire, and date to about 1000 ...

ISIL claims deadly attack on Baghdad mall

Al Jazeera America - ‎51 minutes ago‎
Gunmen stormed into a Baghdad mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance, killing at least 19 people and wounding 48 in the city's mainly Shia east, Iraqi officials said.

After New Year's Eve assaults, Muslim migrants targeted in Cologne

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - ‎2 hours ago‎
A protester opposing the movement against migrants in Germany holds a candle at a rally Monday in Leipzig. By Ishaan Tharoor / The Washington Post.

Senate Democrats Press White House on More Iran Sanctions

Bloomberg - ‎5 hours ago‎
President Barack Obama is coming under pressure from his own party to advance new penalties to punish Iran for its recent ballistic missile tests even as a landmark nuclear deal, which would loosen international sanctions, is on the verge of being ...

India Sentences Crew of US-Owned Ship to 5 Years in Jail

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW DELHI - An Indian court has sentenced nearly three dozen crew members of an American-owned ship to five years in prison for illegally entering Indian waters while carrying weapons and ammunition, a court official said Tuesday.

China makes more military reforms, sets up graft busting unit

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
BEIJING China's military has set up 15 new units - covering everything from logistics to equipment development, political work and fighting corruption - as part of an on-going drive to modernize the world's largest armed forces, the Defense Ministry said.

An opposition leader prepares to take helm in Taipei, and Beijing is rattled

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen is on the move. The presidential front-runner steps off a train, scoots up an escalator and cruises down the stairs to her motorcade, leaving a gaggle of guards in her wake.

Beijing Taps Old Playbook: Nationalism

Wall Street Journal - ‎3 hours ago‎
SHANGHAI—As Chinese financial markets went berserk last week, Beijing activated a jumbo-sized airstrip it has built among the shipping lanes of the South China Sea by piling sand on top of coral.

Powerball Prize Invites Myths, Misconceptions About Lottery

ABC News - ‎28 minutes ago‎
A woman purchases Powerball lottery tickets in New York, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars.

Detroit mayor to tour schools after teachers' complaints

seattlepi.com - ‎40 minutes ago‎
A group of over a hundred teachers, joined by parents and children, protest Monday Jan. 11, 2016, in Detroit. A wave of teacher absences described by an activist as "rolling strikes" shut down more than half of Detroit's 100 public schools Monday ...

Four dead, including 2 children, in Northfield Center house explosion

cleveland.com - ‎21 minutes ago‎
At least three people are dead after a house exploded in Northfield Center Township Monday night. (Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com).

Police dog found University of Virginia student's scent in alleged attacker's ...

Chicago Tribune - ‎3 hours ago‎
A former police bloodhound handler testified on Monday that a dog found traces of scent from University of Virginia student Hannah Graham at the apartment and in the car belonging to a Charlottesville man charged with killing her.

Supreme Court appears skeptical of union fees -- a potentially major loss for ...

Los Angeles Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
People rally at the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Assn. People rally at the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in Friedrichs vs.

Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake dies at 109

Sacramento Bee - ‎5 hours ago‎
The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. “Bill” Del Monte died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday.

Courtroom shows tribal rift after Washington school shooting

Albany Times Union - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Raymond Fryberg, center, is escorted by a small group of men as he exits U.S. District Court after his sentencing Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Seattle.

China's Dalian Wanda Group buys Legendary Entertainment for up to $3.5 billion

Los Angeles Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
BEIJING - Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has acquired Legendary Entertainment, the Hollywood production company behind “The Dark Knight,” “Jurassic World” and “Godzilla” movies.

Asia stocks hover at four-year lows on China worries; oil slides

Reuters - ‎54 minutes ago‎
HONG KONG Asian stocks held near four-year lows and crude oil prices approached a 20 percent drop in less than two weeks, as investors remained wary of China's volatile financial markets.

Oil Prices Slide Again, and the Bottom Is Not Yet in Sight

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
The continuing collapse in commodity prices pushed oil futures still lower Monday, and analysts predicted that the slide was far from over.

South Africa's Flash Crash Exposes Cracks in Currency Liquidity

Bloomberg - ‎38 minutes ago‎
It took 15 minutes at the start of trading Monday for South Africa's rand to plummet more than 9 percent in what traders said may be a prelude of the new normal in the global $5.3 trillion-a-day currency market.

American Apparel gets a $300-million takeover bid

Los Angeles Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
American Apparel received a $300-million takeover offer Monday, the same day that its creditors approved its own reorganization deal.

Morgan Stanley sees oil bust as worst since at least 1970

Houston Chronicle - ‎3 hours ago‎
Oil prices have fallen far below the $45-per-barrel average break-even point for production in Texas' Permian Basin, where this pumpjack stood idle last year.

Arch Coal asks US bankruptcy court to ease its cleanup costs

Reuters - ‎6 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON Jan 11 Arch Coal Inc, the second-largest U.S. coal producer, on Monday asked a bankruptcy judge to put aside $75 million to backstop future clean-up costs - far less than the roughly $450 million that regulators forsee needing.

Wang confirms HTC Vive pre-order date is Feb. 29

Modern Readers - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Wang confirms HTC Vive pre-order date is Feb. 29 The HTC Vive sort-of made its formal public arrival at CES 2016, but what we didn't quite get at that event was concrete release information.

What to expect in iOS 9.3, in developer beta now

Macworld - ‎11 hours ago‎
New features are on the way for night-time reading, plus additions to News and Health. ios93 preview Credit: Apple. Comments. Susie Ochs | @sfsooz.

AT&T Makes Another Attempt to Be Like T-Mobile

eWeek - ‎3 hours ago‎
NEWS ANALYSIS: First, it was the move to drop contracts, and now, it's a return to unlimited data. T-Mobile started both moves, and AT&T is following.

Amazon Echo might have a portable "Fox" version soon

SlashGear - ‎22 minutes ago‎
If you still can't figure out what place Amazon's Alexa has in your living room, perhaps you'll be able to figure it out better once she's in your hand or in your bag.

David Bowie Allowed His Art to Deliver a Final Message

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
In the video for David Bowie's “Lazarus,” released last week, the mythic singer and rock 'n' roll shape-shifter, ever thin but bordering on gaunt, is blindfolded and writhing in a hospital bed.

No surprise Golden Globes are a joke

New York Daily News - ‎2 hours ago‎
It should not be a shock to anyone that the Golden Globes have become a joke. The reality is that they have always been one. What's become funny is how influential they are now on bigger, more important, ceremonies like the Oscars.

The Bachelor Goes Back to High School & So Do Our Brains

E! Online - ‎4 hours ago‎
So much for Ben's no kissing rule, huh? Little Benny (who's actually very tall, as we discovered during ABC's winter press tour this weekend) got a little physical this week as he got to smooching with not one, not two, but more than five women.

Keith Urban Covers 'Rolling in the Deep' With Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris

Taste of Country - ‎5 hours ago‎
Keith Urban stopped by Sirius XM's Music City Theater in Nashville on Monday (Jan. 11) to announce his new 2016 Ripcord Tour, also treating the Highway listeners to a unique live performance of Adele's “Rolling in the Deep” with Brett Eldredge and ...

Panthers-Canucks Preview

ESPN - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Roberto Luongo represents the Vancouver Canucks' past and Chris Higgins may soon as well. Luongo will try to help the visiting Florida Panthers extend their club-record win streak to 13 games Monday night against a Canucks team that has announced that ...

Golden State Warriors' Greatness Matched Only by Their Fragility

Bleacher Report - ‎1 hour ago‎
Is it ridiculous to wring hands over this team? This 36-2 monster? This living, breathing deluge of long-range shooting, ball movement and chemistry?

Late Reshuffling Clouds Vote on NFL Moves

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
HOUSTON - With the N.F.L. hours away from convening a special two-day meeting among owners to decide on moving one or possibly two teams to Los Angeles, it seemed likely that the city would get a team, but which one and where they would play grew ...

5 reasons why the RG3 era in Washington was a failure

FOXSports.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
Robert Griffin's time in Washington is coming to an end, but is he fully to blame for how things worked out? Brad Mills. By Dan Schneier Jan 11, 2016 at 9:00p ET.

Panel Reasserts Mammogram Advice That Triggered Breast Cancer Debate

New York Times - ‎9 hours ago‎
In 2009, an influential panel of medical experts ignited a nationwide uproar by suggesting that women needed fewer mammograms than had long been recommended.

Heartburn Pills Linked To Increased Risk Of Kidney Disease

Huffington Post - ‎37 minutes ago‎
(Reuters Health) - People who take popular heartburn pills known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may be more likely to develop chronic kidney disease than individuals who don't use these drugs, a study suggests.

Mark Zuckerberg Sparks Debate Over Vaccination Photo Of Baby Max: Why The ...

Tech Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Mark Zuckerberg's photo sparked another debate between pro- and anti-vaccine individuals. Find out what's at the core of the vaccination issue and what can be a possible solution to it.

Sugary beverages tied to increased visceral fat

Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network - ‎2 hours ago‎
Key clinical point: Daily consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with a 27% increase in visceral adipose tissue. Major finding: More sugar-sweetened beverage consumption was associated with greater change in VAT volume which was ...

Stanford researchers design new battery sensitive to temperatures

GlobalPost - ‎35 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Researchers with Stanford University on the U.S. west coast have designed a lithium-ion battery that shuts down at high temperatures to effectively prevent battery fires in various devices.

SpaceX to follow up historic launch by trying again to land rocket stage on ...

Mashable - ‎7 hours ago‎
SpaceX, fresh from its successful recovery of a rocket stage following the launch of 11 satellites on Dec. 21, plans to attempt a risky ocean drone ship recovery on Jan. 17.

Why climate change is an ethical problem

Washington Post - ‎Jan 9, 2016‎
Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week we're talking about the ethics of global warming.

SGI to Build Supercomputer for Climate Research Center

eWeek - ‎3 hours ago‎
The "Cheyenne" system on SGI's ICE XA, the latest example of the growing demand for more supercomputing power by weather researchers.
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