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Friday, February 15, 2013
<a href="http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/michael-jordan-beat-kidd-gilchrist-at-one-on-one-last-month/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />NBCSports.com</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/15/2013,cd_max:02/15/2013&q=Michael+Jordan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Jordan</a>
100,000+ searches<a href="http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/21710771/michael-kidd-gilchrist-says-michael-jordan-beat-him-one-on-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Kidd-Gilchrist says Michael Jordan beat him one-on-one</a>CBSSports.com (blog)Turns out the old man's still got it. Bobcats owner and GOAT Michael Jordan will turn 50 on Sunday, but that didn't stop him from putting a whupping on his prized rookie. Forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist told reporters on Friday that Jordan beat him one ...
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/02/15/michael-jordan-beat-kidd-gilchrist-charlotte-bobcats-nba/1924059/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Jordan beat Michael Kidd-Gilchrist one-on-one</a>USA TODAY (blog)Don't snicker when Michael Jordan says he's trying to get back down to his playing weight. Whether he comes back to the NBA or not, Jordan still can beat you in one-on-one ... unless you're better than the No. 2 pick in the draft. Charlotte Bobcats ...
<a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/02/15/2276127/safe-haven-a-typical-nicholas.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />Mid Columbia Tri City Herald</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/15/2013,cd_max:02/15/2013&q=safe+haven" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Safe Haven</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-weinreich/safe-haven-heats-up_b_2697286.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Safe Haven Heats Up</a>Huffington PostYou could say that the chemistry between Katie (Julianne Hough) and Alex (Josh Duhamel) is incendiary in the psychological thriller cum romance Safe Haven. This film by Lasse Hallstrom based upon a Nicholas Sparks novel may be on trend in some ...
<a href="http://azdailysun.com/entertainment/movies/safe-haven-is-perfect-candy-for-valentine-s-day/article_64637860-bd70-55cd-b992-fd90cad3d806.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'Safe Haven' is perfect candy for Valentine's Day</a>Arizona Daily SunWhen it comes to trying to make you cry, there are no safe havens in "Safe Haven." The latest film based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks -- the author who's elicited more tears than an onion factory -- includes plot points of spousal abuse, cancer, cute ...
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/sports/soccer/robbie-rogers-a-us-soccer-player-reveals-he-is-gay.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />New York Times</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/15/2013,cd_max:02/15/2013&q=Robbie+Rogers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robbie Rogers</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/sports/soccer/robbie-rogers-a-us-soccer-player-reveals-he-is-gay.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">US Soccer Player Opens Up About Being Gay</a>New York TimesAnd as he paged through his messages from friends and family members, he quickly learned the news that stunned much of the global soccer community: Robbie Rogers, a former midfielder for the United States national team who most recently played in ...
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279577/Robbie-Rogers-Former-Leeds-football-player-comes-gay-announces-retirement-sport-aged-just-25.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Former Leeds football player comes out as gay and announces his retirement ...</a>Daily MailAn American footballer who used to play for Leeds United has announced he is gay and retiring from the sport aged just 25. Robbie Rogers, a Southern California native currently based in London, made the announcement in a heartfelt blog entry. The ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
<a href="http://bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/02/15/meteor-shower-russia-unrelated-large-asteroid-predicted-make-close-pass/78lSppXTMJTLMfuHo1dIBM/story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />Boston Globe</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/14/2013,cd_max:02/14/2013&q=meteor+russia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meteor Russia</a>
2,000,000+ searches<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/russia-meteor-shower/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russia starts clean-up after meteor strike</a>CNNChelyabinsk, Russia (CNN) -- A day after a spectacular meteor blast shook Russia's Urals region, the clean-up operation got under way Saturday in the hard-hit Russian city of Chelyabinsk. Although some buildings were unscathed when the sonic waves from ...
<a href="http://bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/02/15/meteor-shower-russia-unrelated-large-asteroid-predicted-make-close-pass/78lSppXTMJTLMfuHo1dIBM/story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Share via e-mail</a>Boston GlobeThe meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, where it broke windows and collapsed some walls, causing damage throughout the city and injuring 1,200 people. If a similar-sized meteor were to explode above Boston — a remote possibility — it could ...
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pistorius-weeps-court-appearance-article-1.1265226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />New York Daily News</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/14/2013,cd_max:02/14/2013&q=Oscar+Pistorius" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oscar Pistorius</a>
1,000,000+ searches<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pistorius-weeps-court-appearance-article-1.1265226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Model girlfriend fled to bathroom as Oscar Pistorius shot her through the door ...</a>New York Daily NewsTHE MODEL girlfriend of Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius spent her final minutes cowering behind a bathroom door after a late-night fight with her gun-loving boyfriend. The internationally acclaimed double-amputee sprinter pumped four bullets through the ...
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/15/oscar-pistorius-court-denies-murder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oscar Pistorius appears in court and denies girlfriend's murder</a>The GuardianNair announced the case as "the state versus Mr Oscar Leonard Pistorius", involving a charge of one count of murder. The prosecution indicated it would file the more serious charge of premeditated murder. Pistorius could face life in prison if found ...
<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/carnival-triumph-first-lawsuit-filed-in-cruise-ship-fiasco-1.4657396" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />Newsday</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/14/2013,cd_max:02/14/2013&q=Carnival+Triumph" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carnival Triumph</a>
200,000+ searches<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/carnival-triumph-first-lawsuit-filed-in-cruise-ship-fiasco-1.4657396" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carnival Triumph: First lawsuit filed in cruise ship fiasco</a>NewsdayAfter four days on the crippled Carnival Triumph with overflowing toilets, stifling heat and hours-long waits for food, at least one passenger is seeking legal revenge. But lawyers familiar with cruise ship lawsuits suggest angry passengers should ...
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carnival-triumph-disaster-a-drama-of-discomfort/2013/02/15/021265f8-76e2-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Passengers ill-suited for loss of cruise control</a>Washington PostOn Friday morning we finally saw them, those wretched refugees of the Carnival Triumph, after five days stranded at sea. They disembarked the floating Port-a-John on which they had been imprisoned, some wearing white cruise line bathrobes to protect ...
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/14/2013,cd_max:02/14/2013&q=valentines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valentines</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/14/chinas-state-newspaper-slams-valentines-day-for-causing-debauchery-of-decadent-cadres/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China's state newspaper slams Valentine's Day for causing 'debauchery of ...</a>Washington Post (blog)People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, has taken an important step in maintaining its tradition of absurdity and unintentional self-parody. The paper, which claims a readership of 2.4 million, published a short article ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
<a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/14/google-doodle-mashup-spins-together-george-ferris-and-valentines-day/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />TIME</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=George+Ferris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Ferris</a>
2,000,000+ searches<a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/14/google-doodle-mashup-spins-together-george-ferris-and-valentines-day/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Doodle Mashup Spins Together George Ferris and Valentine's Day</a>TIMEToday's Google Doodle pulls double-duty: it's both Valentine's Day and the 154th birthday of George Ferris, the inventor of the Ferris wheel. The letters of the Google logo take the shape of an amusement park, with Ferris' invention at the heart of the ...
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/george-ferriss-day-off-to-play-today-google-doodle-marks-valentines-day-with-a-heart-like-a-wheel/2013/02/14/bcc8b37c-76c2-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_blog.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GEORGE FERRIS's DAY OFF: To play today, Google Doodle marks Valentine's ...</a>Washington Post (blog)The Illinois-born Ferris, who studied civil engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, had his own passion: for railroads and bridgework. By the late 1880s, George Washington Gale Ferris founded G.W.G. Ferris & Co ...
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=valentines+day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valentines Day</a>
500,000+ searches<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/valentines-day-weddings_n_2696998.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valentine's Day Weddings: The 8 Wildest V-Day Nuptials (VIDEO)</a>Huffington PostWe rounded up some of this year's wackiest Valentine's Day weddings, from a mass wedding on a Ferris wheel to a ceremony in Dunkin' Donuts. When you're in love, it doesn't matter where you tie the knot, right? Click through the slideshow below to see ...
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/happy-valentine-day-seagulls-nemo-washes-lobsters-ashore-article-1.1265082?localLinksEnabled=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />New York Daily News</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=happy+valentines+day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Happy Valentines Day</a>
200,000+ searches<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/happy-valentine-day-seagulls-nemo-washes-lobsters-ashore-article-1.1265082?localLinksEnabled=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Happy Valentine's Day, seagulls: Nemo washes lobsters ashore</a>New York Daily NewsSeagulls enjoyed a saucier Valentine's Day than most, when they feasted on hundreds of thousands of lobsters washed up by winter storm Nemo. The crustaceans, widely believed to be an aphrodisiac, washed ashore on Nantasket Beach in Massachusetts ...
<a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Old-Piano-wows-new-crowd-191139821.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />NBC Bay Area</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=valentine%27s+day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valentine's Day</a>
200,000+ searches<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sunset-piano-20130214,0,6036188.story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vintage piano given Valentine's Day deadline</a>Los Angeles TimesIf you can't prove the installation is authorized, he told Ffortissimo, "please remove the piano — and platform — within 10 (ten) days." That made the deadline Valentine's Day, an occasion to celebrate love, if not misplaced musical instruments. The ...
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=Affenpinscher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Affenpinscher</a>
100,000+ searches<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/after-show-win-long-wait-for-affenpinscher-puppies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">After Show Win, Long Wait for Affenpinscher Puppies</a>ABC News (blog)The new star of the Westminster dog show, an obscure breed called an Affenpincher, has become an overnight success with dog lovers. But good luck trying to find one. Just within the past 24 hours, Nancy Baybutt says that she has received 25 emails and ...
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/kate-middleton-baby-bump-bikini-photos-outrage-st-james-palace-article-1.1262328" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />New York Daily News</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=Kate+Middleton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Middleton</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/kate-middleton-baby-bump-bikini-photos-outrage-st-james-palace-article-1.1262328" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Middleton pregnant bikini photos are 'clear breach' of privacy, says St ...</a>New York Daily NewsThough Kate Middleton and Prince William were hoping to get away from it all on their sunny vacation on the Caribbean isle of Mustique, problems with the press have followed them from the UK. St. James's Palace is up in arms over bikini shots of the ...
<a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/kate-middleton-disappointed-invasive-bikini-baby-bump-photos-165855997.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Middleton 'Disappointed' By Invasive Bikini Baby Bump Photos</a>Yahoo! News (blog)Kate Middleton. (Getty Images)Once again, Kate Middleton's privacy has been violated while on vacation. On Wednesday, Star magazine published bikini photos of the four-months-pregnant Duchess of Cambridge frolicking with Prince William on the beach ...
<a href="http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/02/14/miley-cyrus-dog-valentine-photo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />MTV.com (blog)</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=valentine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valentine</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/02/14/chinas-state-newspaper-slams-valentines-day-for-causing-debauchery-of-decadent-cadres/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China's state newspaper slams Valentine's Day for causing 'debauchery of ...</a>Washington Post (blog)People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, has taken an important step in maintaining its tradition of absurdity and unintentional self-parody. The paper, which claims a readership of 2.4 million, published a short article ...
<a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8942278/banana-joe-affenpinscher-wins-westminster-best-show" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="" />ESPN</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=Banana+Joe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Banana Joe</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8942278/banana-joe-affenpinscher-wins-westminster-best-show" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Banana Joe is America's top dog</a>ESPNWith a bouncy step and shiny black coat, Banana Joe made up for near misses the previous two years at Madison Square Garden and won America's premier dog competition. The 5-year-old wagged his tail a mile a minute and stuck out his pink tongue after ...
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/banana-joe-named-top-dog-show-article-1.1262865" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Banana Joe named top dog at Westminster Kennel Club Show</a>New York Daily NewsAn Affenpinscher named Banana Joe out-pawed dogs twice his size Tuesday night to win the top prize at the canine Super Bowl. The 5-year-old pampered pooch from Allenboro, Mass., captured the Best in Show trophy at the 137th Annual Westminster ...
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=Rubio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rubio</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2013/02/15/news-outlets-pile-rubios-water-bottle-moment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">News outlets pile on Rubio's water bottle moment</a>Fox NewsThis is a rush transcript from "Hannity," February 14, 2013. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: After being called the Republican savior by Time magazine, the rising star of the GOP and a possible ...
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<a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:02/13/2013,cd_max:02/13/2013&q=NBC+News" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nbc News</a>
50,000+ searches<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/brian-williams-rock-center-changes_n_2679976.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Williams Reportedly Angry With NBC Over 'Rock Center' Changes</a>Huffington Post"But NBC brass might have upset Williams with the move," Guthrie continued. "He closed Rock Center on Feb. 8 with a segme
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February 15 in history:
- 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes (R) signed a bill allowing female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court
- 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain
- 1903, toy store owner and inventor Morris Michtom places two stuffed bears in his shop window, advertising them as 'Teddy' bears. Michtom had earlier petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt for permission to use his nickname, 'Teddy.' The president agreed and, before long, other toy manufacturers began turning out copies of Michtom's stuffed bears, which soon became a national childhood institution
- 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed more than four weeks later, on March 20
- 1942, in one of the greatest defeats in British military history, Britain's supposedly impregnable Singapore fortress surrenders to Japanese forces after a weeklong siege. More than 60,000 British, Australian, and Indian soldiers were taken prisoner, joining 70,000 other Allied soldiers captured during Britain's disastrous defense of the Malay Peninsula
- 1950, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the two largest communist nations in the world, announce the signing of a mutual defense and assistance treaty
- 1989, the Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan, after more than nine years of military intervention
- 2007, the U.S. Mint unveiled the newest $1 coin