This week on NPR,
they developed a Spotify playlist for the winter season. It made me revisit my
account and connect it with Facebook, which is now ten years old. For the
stories with pictures included, learn about the German Defense Minister a
Chinese detention system coming to an end, and a family with multiple
generations of doctors. Don’t fall prey to small credit scams, and check out
the list.
Sunday, February 2
World Story of the Day
Germany's New Defense Minister:
More Peacekeeping Missions Welcome
Ursula von der Leyen is the first
woman to hold the job. She has no military experience and is best known for
social policies such as expanded parental leave. But she has already said that
Germany should play a more active role in foreign missions, and that could
involve sending troops into conflict zones.
Story of the Day
Wheels On The Bike Go Round And
Round (To Make Music)
Sound designer Steven Baber
challenged himself to create a piece of music using only bicycle parts. The
result is "Bespoken," an atmospheric piece of music that is all the
more beautiful considering the unlikely instrumentation.
Monday, February 3
World Story of the Day
Beirut Bombing Spawns An App To
Tell Loved Ones 'I Am Alive'
Bombings are a frequent reality of
living in Lebanon, so Lebanese student Sandra Hassan made an app to alert let
friends and family know you're okay after violence strikes. It's getting a lot
more attention that she had originally imagined.
Story of the Day
Marijuana-Laced Treats Leave
Colorado Jonesing For Food-Safety Rules
From sodas to truffles to butter,
foods infused with THC — the chemical in marijuana that gives you a high — are
already for sale in Colorado. But the federal government still considers pot
illegal, so the state has to create from scratch its own system to regulate
these foods.
Business Story of the Day
What's Good For Baby Camels
Could Be Good For Human Skin
A Jordanian woman brought her
camel's milk skin-care line — and a biotech startup — to Missouri. Her company
is studying how the long-acting antibodies in camel's milk can help clear up
acne.
Tuesday, February 4
Story of the Day
Lots Of Little Credit Charges
Add Up To One Big Scam
Fraudsters know that small credit
transactions often go unnoticed. That's made it easy for a widespread scam
involving unauthorized charges of $9.84 to fly under the radar. Complaints
started coming in about the scam soon after a massive data breach in November,
but analysts say it goes back months.
Business Story of the Day
Facebook At 10: Amid Doubters,
Company Eyes Next Growth Phase
Facebook's big birthday comes amid
tales of trouble — that its youngest users don't find it cool anymore. But
Facebook doesn't seem fazed. It is, after all, a company that serves almost
one-fifth of the world's population and took in more than $7 billion last year.
Wednesday, February 5
World Story of the Day
Countdown To Sochi: Will The
City Be Ready?
With the Winter Olympics just days
away, the status of preparations in Sochi is mixed: Housing for the athletes
has been getting rave reviews, but hotels and other buildings are still
unfinished.
Story of the Day
Trade Your Snow Boots For Dance
Shoes, And Just Press Play
Don't give in to that midwinter
swoon. Listen to this instead: More than 800 of you, our listeners, shared
songs to quicken the blood and make you move. Inside, find our Cabin Fever
Playlist — 84 tracks meant to wake you from even the deepest hibernation.
Business Story of the Day
Microsoft Picks Insider, Who's
An Indian Immigrant, As CEO
Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella
is part of a wave of highly educated Indian immigrants who came to America a
generation ago with expectations back home that they would succeed. Nadella has
done just that and more, taking the reins of one of the world's top companies.
Thursday, February 6
World Story of the Day
China Ends One Notorious Form Of
Detention, But Keeps Others
China officially shut down its
re-education through labor camp system late last year. But critics say the
change was mostly cosmetic and that the government still has a wide range of
means to incarcerate critics without legal process.
Story of the Day
A Denver Family Of Doctors Has
Seen Medicine Transformed
Bureaucracy and mammoth student
loans weren't part of the package for Dr. Michael Sawyer's father and
grandfather. Still, like them, he feels medicine is a calling. A fourth
generation of Sawyers is thinking about whether to carry on the tradition.
Business Story of the Day
Amtrak Fights Big Oil For Use Of
The Rails
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/06/272150321/oil-transports-gum-up-passenger-route-across-northern-plains
Because of an influx of trains
hauling crude oil and other freight across the Northern Plains, Amtrak is
facing problems with unreliability, long delays, lost revenue and stranded
passengers. An advocacy group wants the government to intervene.
Friday, February 7
World Story of the Day
Tijuana Prisoner: I Was Forced
To Dig Drug Tunnel To San Diego
The Mexican man says he was one of
17 kidnapped by a cartel and forced to build drug-smuggling tunnels. Now he
might be in prison for the rest of his life.
Story of the Day
Woolly Mammoths' Taste For
Flowers May Have Been Their Undoing
New research shows a big part of
the woolly mammoth's diet was made up of tiny flowers rather than grass. When
the flowers disappeared, the mammoths did, too.
Business Story of the Day
Post Office Could Rack Up
Billions By Offering Money Services
As the U.S. Postal Service
continues to lose money, a new report suggests a way to add to its bottom line:
offer banklike services, such as a cash card that would allow customers to load
their paychecks and pay bills online. The idea is to provide services that are
now unavailable in many communities.
Saturday, February 8
World Story of the Day
Iran's President Rouhani Gets
The Benefit Of The Doubt, For Now
Iran is preparing for a national
holiday celebrating the Islamic Revolution 35 years ago, and NPR's Peter Kenyon
is among the few foreign journalists in Tehran for the event. He's found that
the optimism that greeted President Hassan Rouhani's election last year has
moderated – but not vanished.
Story of the Day
Abuse Allegations Revive Woody
Allen's Trial By Media
Actress Mia Farrow and two of her
children have revived allegations that the film director sexually abused his
daughter more than 20 years ago. The charges and countercharges are playing out
not in the legal system but in social media, on blogs and in big-name
publications.
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