Saturday, August 23, 2014

Subject: Evening News Review (08.23.14)

Reuters




EDGARTOWN Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, ...

USA TODAY




Hundreds of trucks in a disputed Russian aid convoy to Ukraine crossed back into Russia on Saturday, helping to ease tensions in the region.

New York Times




Palestinians watched as an Israeli bomb, top, flew toward a building in Gaza City on Saturday. They scrambled to run away from debris after it exploded.


Reuters




LONDON/FREETOWN (Reuters) - A British national living in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, the first Briton to fall victim to the deadly disease that has spread across the West African region since March, the Department of Health said on Saturday.

euronews




TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.

New York Times




HONG KONG - The Chinese government rejected the Pentagon's claim that a People's Liberation Army fighter jet had buzzed dangerously close to an American surveillance plane in international airspace, and it warned that frequent surveillance flights were ...

Reuters




(Adds details on electricity cuts, mine). SANTIAGO Aug 23 (Reuters) - A strong, magnitude 6.6 quake hit central Chile on Saturday afternoon, shaking buildings and causing power outages in the capital, Santiago, but there were no reports of damage.

New York Times




A body was taken from the wreckage of a bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, a day after dozens of Sunni worshipers were killed in a mosque in Diyala Province.


CBS Local




BALTIMORE (WJZ) - Dozens gather downtown to protest the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown two weeks after he was shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri.

Washington Times




San Bernardino Police investigate the scene where a police officer shot and killed a gunman during an early morning shootout that began after another officer was gravely wounded, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, in San Bernardino, Calif.

MyFox Detroit




A car struck a parade vehicle Saturday in rural Michigan, killing an 80-year-old woman and injuring 10 other people, authorities said.

Washington Post




STRATHAM, N.H. - Rick Perry had just wrapped up his Saturday morning speech to a crowd of Republican activists when one approached him for a chat.

Wall Street Journal




European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Friday signaled a departure from the austerity-focused mind-set that has dominated economic policy-making in the euro zone since the onset of the region's debt crisis nearly five years ago, as officials ...

AnandTech 


 Written by
 Ryan Smith





During their 30 years of graphics celebration, today AMD announced a forthcoming addition to the Radeon R9 200 graphics card lineup.

PC Magazine


 Written by
 David Murphy





By predicting and rendering what you're going to do before you do it, Microsoft can eliminate the perception of lag in otherwise laggy environments.


San Jose Mercury News




MOUNTAIN VIEW -- A 38-year-old man was fatally shot at Shoreline Amphitheatre after a Wiz Khalifa concert Friday night, police said.

Chron.com




FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love (42) reacts in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards in Washington.

ABC News




A baseball team from Chicago's South Side that has been battling its way through the Little League World Series is giving the city something to cheer about.

BBC News




Iceland has issued a red alert to the aviation industry for the Bardarbunga volcano, meaning significant ash emissions are likely.

Daily Mail




Fears smokers opting for reduced-nicotine cigarettes would merely smoke more to get their hit are unfounded, say scientists. Past studies have raised concerns that cigarettes with lower levels of nicotine could lead to people increasing the intensity of their ...