Apple is poised to kill its 'Connect' social network for music

Business Insider | 2016-05-06

Drake When Apple Music was launched last summer, Apple enlisted rap superstar Drake to come onstage and promote Connect, a music-focused social network built to give fans "a single place to connect with your favorite artists." "The dream of being a new artist, like myself five years ago, and...

Did a high schooler just advance research into the Zika virus?

Digital Trends | 2016-05-06

A high schooler's summer session at Johns Hopkins University led to the creation of a machine that may give neuroscientists new insight into brains and the conditions that affect them. The post Did a high schooler just advance research into the Zika virus? appeared first on Digital Trends. ......

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Brazil Scientists Seek to Unravel Mystery of Zika Twins

Voa News | 2016-05-07

Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus. Jaqueline Jessica Silva de Oliveira hoped doctors were wrong when...

Arizona joins rest of nation with children's insurance plan

The Oklahoman | 2016-05-06

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is poised to join 49 other states that offer a federal health insurance program for low-income children after backers of the plan pushed it through the Legislature Friday and Republican Gov. Doug Ducey pledged to sign it immediately. Known as KidsCare in Arizona, the state's...

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NBA: Cavaliers sitting pretty with 3-0 series lead

The Times of India | 2016-05-07

Washington, May 7, 2016 (AFP) - LeBron James and Kyrie Irving took over in the fourth quarter as the Cleveland Cavaliers took a 3-0 stranglehold lead over Atlanta on Friday to move within one win of advancing to the NBA semi-finals. James and Kevin Love each posted a double-double for the Cavaliers...

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Saudi Arabia sacks oil minister Ali al-Naimi in government shake-up

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The Guardian | 2016-05-06

Oil tanker washes up on Liberia beach with no crew or lifeboats

Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal...

Raw Story | 2016-05-06

9 things you should know if your child is using heroin

The recent spike in the use of heroin and other opioids, sparking frightening headlines about addiction and overdose, has left families struggling to find...

Newsweek | 2016-05-06

Brazil President Rousseff a Step Closer to Removal

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Senate committee recommended on Friday that Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff be put on trial by the full chamber for breaking...

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