Arkansas House votes to override veto of voter ID bill

As per usual, Google put out various, elaborate April Fools Day jokes, which only reminded everyone how much time and money the tech company has to spend on projects that aren't core products like, ahem, Google Reader.?For those too busy to follow along, The Next Web has a running list of the myriad pranks. And while some of the antics, like the pirate treasure map,?are harmless and cute, others hit too close to home.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-house-votes-override-veto-voter-id-bill-194305239.html

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Chris Brown's New Video Is Offensive to Women

Chris Brown says he's a changed man, but his new music video doesn't help his case. In an interview with Today, the R&B singer opened up about his 2009 assault of girlfriend Rihanna, with whom he's since reunited. Now, says Brown, he's learned to respect women. So why does his new single literally objectify women, by equating us with "Fine China"? 

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/chris-browns-new-video-offensive-women/1-a-531624?dst=iv%3AiVillage%3Achris-browns-new-video-offensive-women-531624

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Pattycake, gorilla at NYC's Bronx Zoo, dies at 40

NEW YORK (AP) ? Pattycake, the first gorilla born in New York City, has died at the Bronx Zoo. She was 40 years old and suffering from chronic cardiac problems.

The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, made the announcement on Sunday and said a necropsy would be performed to determine the cause of death. It said Pattycake surpassed the median life span for gorillas in zoos, which is 37 years old.

"Millions of children in New York City grew up with Pattycake at the Bronx Zoo," said Jim Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo and WCS Executive Vice President and General Director of Zoos & Aquarium. "Pattycake was a very special animal and her presence will be deeply missed."

Pattycake was born at the Central Park Zoo on Sept. 3, 1972 and lived there with her parents Kongo and Lulu. She made news at 5 months old when she suffered a broken arm. In 1983, she went to live at the Bronx Zoo. Two books were written about her.

She had 10 infants while at the zoo, including twins born in 1995. Her offspring live in zoos in Boston, Buffalo, N.Y., Detroit, Louisville, Omaha, Neb., and Utah.

The Wildlife Conservation Society said Pattycake was the 31st oldest gorilla of 338 living in North American zoos.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pattycake-gorilla-nycs-bronx-zoo-dies-40-071338268.html

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Marketing studies help craft health overhaul pitch

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration is tapping the secrets of mass marketing to help sell the health care law to millions of uninsured Americans.

It's a big challenge:

How do you convince folks that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good for them?

The federal Health and Human Services Department has posted marketing research online that provides insight into more than 48 million uninsured.

Three groups are critical to so-called "Obamacare's" success or failure:

They're the "Healthy & Young," about 48 percent of the uninsured, the "Sick, Active & Worried," 29 percent, and the "Passive & Unengaged," 15 percent.

The challenge for the administration: sign up lots of the Healthy & Young to offset the higher costs of covering the sick and worried.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/marketing-studies-help-craft-health-overhaul-pitch-132308584--finance.html

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Palestinians, Israeli Arabs mark "Land Day" with muted protests

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinians protested in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Saturday and a few were lightly hurt in clashes with Israeli soldiers on the 37th anniversary of a landmark event for Israel's Arab minority.

The Palestinians and Israeli Arabs each commemorated the killing of six Arab citizens of the Jewish state by Israeli security forces during protests in 1976 over government land confiscations in northern Israel, an event known as "Land Day".

Two Israeli soldiers were also lightly hurt in a stone-throwing clash, one of a few at various locations in the occupied West Bank, as they used tear gas and other non-lethal means to disperse the rioters, an army spokeswoman said.

Palestinian medical sources said a handful of protesters were treated mainly for inhaling tear gas during the clashes that lasted about an hour.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said that as part of the day's events, he had planted an olive tree in the West Bank area known as E1 that Israel has earmarked for a future settlement.

Troops patrolling the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip used live fire to disperse protesters who came close to the fence, the military spokeswoman added. A Gaza hospital source said nobody was hurt.

Israel is wary of growing unrest in the Palestinian Territories, with peace talks stalled since 2010 and Palestinian leaders refusing to return to the negotiating table until Israel halts settlement building in the West Bank.

Most annual remembrances in Israel have largely passed off quietly. In the Israeli Arab town of Sakhnin, the center of the violence in 1976, thousands gathered for a rally which was addressed by lawmakers and community leaders.

Israel's Arabs make up about 20 percent of the Jewish state's population of almost eight million.

(Additional reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza; Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Stephen Powell)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-israeli-arabs-mark-land-day-muted-protests-171948877.html

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Delicious Vegan Dessert Ideas - Chocolate Pie Recipe

We don't toss around the term "Renaissance woman" lightly around here, but M?rida Anderson certainly qualifies. A photographer, artist, designer, and musician, she's also a serious (and self-taught) vegan chef. Known for running a pop-up dining club, Vegan Secret Supper, in Vancouver, Montr?al, and New York City, she's now pouring her expertise into a new cookbook.

Vegan Secret Supper: Bold & Elegant Menus From A Rogue Kitchen is a collection of plant-based recipes ??think fresh and gourmet vegan dishes, not mock-meat pizzas. "There are so many vegetables and varieties that each season I still can find something I have never cooked with before," Anderson says. "There is always something new to try. And, most times, vegetables don't even need much work to taste amazing."

If the thought of cooking vegan seems overwhelming, it doesn't need to be that way ??trust. Anderson is proving it by sharing her kitchen essentials and a seriously to-die-for vegan dessert. (Four words: Ancho. Chocolate. Truffle. Pie.) Get ready to be inspired to cook!

Photo: Courtesy of Danny Rico

Source: http://www.refinery29.com/vegan-food?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss

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Iterations: Calendar Frenzy, Google Now, and Apple's ?Anticipatory Computing? Problem

Now that the Mailbox sale to Dropbox is complete, let?s move on to the next native iOS app that everyone wants to replace: The Calendar. Yes, the calendar. Nearly every other conversation I had this past week included some chatter about all the new calendar apps (see the screenshot of my iPhone). Peeling back the layers on all these calendar apps and the herd-like interest in the space, however, reveals both challenges and opportunities that go much deeper than comparing mobile apps based on product features. For those among us who use Android, Google Now is the type of anticipatory computing, powered by data and algorithmic learning, that enables a machine to guide us in life almost like an assistant would. On Apple?s iOS, however, there is no such thing like ?Apple Now,? and as a result, savvy entrepreneurs are seeking to build that service as a third-party application. And, curiously, they?re using the mobile calendar on Apple to kickstart this game and using calendar "intent" to infer what to send to the user.

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