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Are Cassettes the Best Music Format for Toddlers?
As many of us do, I recently ended up in a Facebook conversation about parenting or music. In this case, it was about both conversational mainstays: Namely, how do you allow a child in 2013 to decide to listen to something of their choosing? “I’ve been thinking lately about the downside of having a digital-only...
gizmodo.com (26 seconds ago)
'First Look': BPD chief talks about citizens review boards, most wanted and more
Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Williamson reiterated his stance against police citizen review boards during an appearance Friday on "First Look with Scott Cox." He noted that a lot of cities that have them have been commanded by higher authorities to establish them. But Williamson said the BPD has seven full-time...
bakersfieldcalifornian.com (2 minutes ago)
Puffins among Maine’s most popular birds
In one short column, here is everything you wanted to know about seeing a puffin. You’re welcome. The Atlantic puffin is one of Maine’s most popular birds. On the web site www.mainebirdingtrail.com, the puffin page receives more hits than the next three pages combined, yet few Mainers have actually viewed ...
bangordailynews.com (24 minutes ago)
Mervyn King: More Common Sense
Bank of Finland, Helsinki. 24th May 2013. What have we learned from the crisis? Mervyn King gave a speech in Helsinki Finland today just before he takes retirement from the Bank of England in which he said that both austerity and growth were at fault of grossly exaggerated statements to purely political ends: "This...
zerohedge.com (25 minutes ago)
Ohio State Buckeyes continue 2014 home turf recruiting battle with Dante Booker as 6th in-state...
Ohio State has nine pledges in its 2014 recruiting class and six are from Ohio, where Urban Meyer wanted to focus more this year.
cleveland.com (25 minutes ago)
Search me: online reputation management
A few weeks ago, I Googled a pub to find out where it was. I clicked on the map that came up, for a larger view of the surrounding area. To the left of the map, under the pub's address and phone number, was a single quotation from a customer. "I had to wait 40 minutes for my chips!" it said. The pub, which is part...
guardian.co.uk (27 minutes ago)
The Supply-Chain Risk Might Be (Mostly) a Myth
Last fall, the House Intelligence Committee issued a scathing report on two companies looking to invest in the United States. Huawei and ZTE, both Chinese telecommunications firms, wanted entry. But committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) was suspicious. He, along with the rest of his colleagues on the panel,...
yahoo.com (27 minutes ago)
Pa. woman charged with killing third husband in N.J. investigated for second husbands death
YEADON - Police have reopened the investigation into the 1994 death of Joseph Doyle as his widow stands charged with the murder of her third husband in New Jersey. Loretta Tokash Doyle Burroughs, 61, who grew up on Lafayette Avenue in Collingdale and is a graduate of Archbishop Prendergast High School, is being held...
pottsmerc.com (28 minutes ago)
Arrest Warrant For 'Dead' Rapper Tim Dog
There is no proof of death for rapper wanted over unpaid money owed to woman he met on a dating website.
sky.com (30 minutes ago)
Challenging Spain's slump
When Marco Torremocha was laid off last year as a health and safety technician on construction sites -- another victim of Spain's deep economic crisis -- he wanted to put his severance pay into a sound investment.
cnn.com (30 minutes ago)
Indian cricket tournament threatened by latest scandal
MUMBAI - Cricketers in custody, team executives under scrutiny and frenzied media coverage for all the wrong reasons: This is not the gripping end-of-season climax the Indian Premier League wanted. As cricket’s wealthiest tournament gears up for its annual final on Sunday, claims of alleged match-fixing by players...
washingtonpost.com (34 minutes ago)
Live chat: Boy Scout leaders vote on lifting gay ban
Dylan Lukes of South Jordan dropped out of his Boy Scouts of America troop two years ago after another Scout found his journal, where he had written about being gay. “The other parents freaked out and were not comfortable,” said Lukes, now 17. “I wanted to get my Eagle [Scout] badge … but I just stopped going...
sltrib.com (34 minutes ago)
Reading woman charged with helping rape suspect flee
Hamburg police have charged a Reading woman with helping a man wanted on rape and related charges flee the region this month.Summer L. Misner, 33, of the 300 block of North Fifth Street was taken into custody Thursday night by Berks County deputy she...
readingeagle.com (35 minutes ago)
In Letter, North Korea Seeks Dialogue
A North Korean envoy gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a letter from Kim Jong Un and said Pyongyang wanted to solve diplomatic issues through dialogue.
wsj.com (35 minutes ago)
"We will both miss him terribly": widow of slain British soldier
May 24 - The family of a British soldier murdered on a south London street say he was a "family man" who always wanted to be a soldier. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
reuters.com (1 hour ago)
David Hockney on assistant's death: 'I nearly gave up'
David Hockney has spoken for the first time about his inability to draw following the sudden death of his young assistant earlier this year. The 75-year-old artist told the Guardian that he had stopped working for a while following the shock death in March of Dominic Elliott, 23, whose family said he was like a son...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a ... larceny suspect
Transit Police responding to a call for an assault on a Green Line inspector had no idea they would soon come face to face with the Man of Steal. Stephen Berry, 28, wanted on a larceny warrant out of Brookline District Court was wearing a Superman T shirt underneath a suit coat while he was allegedly yelling...
bostonherald.com (1 hour ago)
NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket
A look at possible propulsion for NASA's plan to bring an asteroid home for study. When NASA sends a rocket out to tow an asteroid into Earth orbit, it'll be ion propelled. Ion propulsion engines harness magnetic fields to create thrust, instead of depending on chemical explosions the way chemically fueled engines...
popsci.com (2 hours ago)
How music lovers blocked Spain's crisis
When Marco Torremocha was laid off last year as a health and safety technician on construction sites -- another victim of Spain's deep economic crisis -- he wanted to put his severance pay into a sound investment.
cnn.com (2 hours ago)
ANOTHER VIEW: Growing government limits our rights
"The Constitution was written by individuals who defeated a tyrannical power. They wanted to ensure their hard-won freedom would not be usurped."
thewesterlysun.com (2 hours ago)
In Letter to China, Pyongyang Seeks Dialogue
A North Korean envoy gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a handwritten letter from Kim Jong Un and said Pyongyang wanted to solve diplomatic issues through dialogue.
wsj.com (2 hours ago)
How 'Hangover' Director Fired Back At Critics
"The Hangover Part III" isn't like "The Hangover" or "The Hangover Part II" because it doesn't actually include any hangovers. While the first two films in the $1 billion franchise retraced the events of one crazy night in the lives of the Wolfpack (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis), "The Hangover Part...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
This Opera Was Written In A Nazi Concentration Camp
It is a small operatic gem that was written under torturous circumstances and almost failed to see the light of day when its composer was dragged off to the gas chambers before being able to hear it performed. But it lives on thanks to a professor of philosophy who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp, where...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Man Allegedly Set Dog On Fire To Help It 'Go To Heaven' (GRAPHIC Photo)
A 5-year-old Chihuahua mix named "Socks" has died from massive burns after his owner set him on fire. Brandon Pierce, of Lucedale, Miss. allegedly told deputies he "wanted to help the dog go to heaven," according to Fox 10 TV. Deputies received an anonymous 911 call around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday stating that Pierce, 20,...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Former Japanese Sex Slaves: Osaka Mayor Must Go
OSAKA, Japan -- Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its military. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, also co-leader of a...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Alison Baverstock: 5 Reasons To Admire Self-Publishing
First published on IndieReader.com Let's begin with an introduction. I began my working life as a publisher, both full time and freelance, and went on to write books about writing and publishing. My titles became set texts within universities, and I followed them into academia. I currently lead the Masters Course in...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Colbert Goes After Obama On Counterterrorism: Why Repeal ‘Knee-Jerk Declaration Of Vengeful Fury’?
Stephen Colbert is no fan of President Obama, this we know. But on Thursday, he was especially upset. Having watched the president's speech on counterterrorism, he questioned why Obama wanted to limit the "flying death-bot program." Why backtrack on President Bush and "President Cheney's" policies now?
mediaite.com (3 hours ago)
Nick Clegg: Woolwich attackers wanted to spread fear - video
Nick Clegg emphasises the importance of community cohesion in the wake of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
On the run for 13 years, cops nab fugitive wanted for attempted murder after he's caught...
Miguel Sanchez, 59, had evaded police since 2000 when he allegedly knifed two people in Los Angeles. He was booked this week in Colorado and will be extradited back to California.
nydailynews.com (3 hours ago)
Manchester International Festival 2013 | Smokey's Barbers are a cut above
On a quiet high street in Surbiton, one shop is considerably noisier than the others. It's midday on a Friday, although the raucous male laughter emerging from Smokey's Barbers – home of the hit YouTube comedy series of the same name – makes it sound more like a kebab shop at 2am. I arrive to find the sitcom's cast...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
