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Humans of New York raises $1 million for Brooklyn public school
RadioShack bankruptcy filing: To sell up to 2,400 stores
Adviser to Rep. Aaron Schock resigns over alleged racist Facebook posts
Pentagon study claimed Putin has Asperger's syndrome
Brian Williams mercilessly mocked on Twitter
Top Rand Paul aide working for Israeli PM reelection effort
Obama weighs in on freedom of speech after Charlie Hebdo massacre
Matt Bai: My problem with the Clinton Death Star
Obama condemns those who seek to 'hijack religion'
Massive hack attack at top health insurer
SUV inside train gates for about 30 seconds before NY crash
New York train was not speeding before crash with car
Lawmakers want tougher vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak
Minnesota man bound for Turkey accused of lying to federal agents
California lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions
What anti-vax parents get wrong about personal liberty

Humans of New York raises $1 million for Brooklyn public school

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:15 AM PST

A Brooklyn teen's story of living in a high-crime neighborhood struck a chord with thousands across the country.

RadioShack bankruptcy filing: To sell up to 2,400 stores

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:00 PM PST

Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Thursday and said it had a deal in place to sell as many as 2,400 stores to Sprint and an affiliate of hedge fund Standard General, its lender and largest shareholder. RadioShack, which posted losses in 11 consecutive quarters after failing to transform itself into a destination for mobile phone buyers, said in a statement that the Standard General affiliate, called General Wireless, and Sprint will acquire between 1,500 and 2,400 of its more than 4,000 stores, creating a co-branded retail presence in up to 1,750 of them. Sprint would effectively operate a store within a RadioShack store, selling "mobile devices across Sprint`s brand portfolio as well as RadioShack products, services and accessories," Sprint said in a statement. RadioShack also reached a deal with liquidation firm Hilco to shutter underperforming stores.

Adviser to Rep. Aaron Schock resigns over alleged racist Facebook posts

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 01:38 PM PST

Benjamin Cole, a senior adviser for Rep. Aaron Schock, resigned after reports of racist posts on his Facebook page.

Pentagon study claimed Putin has Asperger's syndrome

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST

A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, giving him a need to exert "extreme control" when faced with crises, according to the report released Thursday. Experts studying his movements and facial expressions in video footage theorized Putin's neurological development was disrupted in infancy, giving him a sense of physical imbalance and a discomfort with social interaction, according to the report by the Pentagon's internal think tank, the Office of Net Assessment. "This profound behavioral challenge has been identified by leading neuroscientists as Asperger's Syndrome, an autistic disorder which affects all of his decisions," wrote the study's author, Brenda Connors, a senior fellow at the US Naval War College.

Brian Williams mercilessly mocked on Twitter

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST

The fallout begins for the NBC anchor who admitted to lying about being shot at in Iraq.

Top Rand Paul aide working for Israeli PM reelection effort

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:23 AM PST

Vincent Harris, Rand Paul's digital strategist, is working for Netanyahu's campaign.

Obama weighs in on freedom of speech after Charlie Hebdo massacre

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:25 AM PST

At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama calls the Islamic State a "death cult" and offers a thinly veiled response to those who criticized him for skipping a demonstration in Paris that saw hundreds of thousands march in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo.

Matt Bai: My problem with the Clinton Death Star

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:56 AM PST

The problem with the Clinton Death Star strategy — and the sense of entitlement that comes with it — is that a generation of influential Democrats seems to have lost touch with the anti-establishment impulse that brought them into politics in the first place.

Obama condemns those who seek to 'hijack religion'

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:03 PM PST

Many wonder how the two leaders will interact during their first joint public event.

Massive hack attack at top health insurer

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:24 AM PST

Tens of millions of personal records may have been stolen from Anthem, Inc.

SUV inside train gates for about 30 seconds before NY crash

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:26 PM PST

VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — An SUV was in the danger zone inside railroad crossing gates for about half a minute before a suburban commuter train crashed into it, killing the driver and five train passengers, investigators' preliminary findings indicate.

New York train was not speeding before crash with car

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 04:35 PM PST

By Sebastien Malo TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (Reuters) - The New York commuter train that plowed into a car stopped on a crossing this week was traveling just below the speed limit and no problem was found with the signals or traffic barriers at the site of the deadly crash, a federal investigator said on Thursday. The fiery crash that followed killed the SUV driver and five train passengers in the deadliest rail accident in the New York area in more than three decades. The driver of the vehicle behind the Mercedes told NTSB investigators on Thursday that traffic was "edging along" at the railway crossing in Valhalla, an affluent town north of New York City, Robert Sumwalt, an NTSB member, said at a news conference. The Mercedes came to a stop on the crossing, Sumwalt said.

Lawmakers want tougher vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:02 PM PST

By Eric M. Johnson and Shelby Sebens SEATTLE/PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Several U.S. states are considering laws to make it harder for parents to legally opt out of vaccinating their children, as health officials fight a measles outbreak that has sickened some 120 people in more than a dozen mostly West Coast states. Lawmakers in California, Oregon, and Washington state, which have all had recent measles cases, want to remove exemptions based on personal beliefs, while farther afield, Ohio recently extended a law that covers those entering childcare.

Minnesota man bound for Turkey accused of lying to federal agents

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 05:14 PM PST

A Minnesota man pulled off an airplane bound for Turkey last year has been charged with repeatedly lying to federal agents investigating the recruitment of young U.S. residents to join Islamist militant groups, prosecutors said on Thursday. Hamza Ahmed, 19, and three other young Minnesota men took a bus to New York from Minneapolis where authorities stopped them from leaving on international flights on Nov. 9, FBI Special Agent Daniel Higgins said in court papers. The charge of making false statements against Ahmed, a Minneapolis resident, was unsealed on Thursday.

California lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:45 PM PST

A proposal would require vaccines for school children unless their health is in danger.