Monday, February 11, 2019

11 February - iGoogle Portal- Tab 7 - MSM










  • Blue is definitely not the warmest color.
  • Also, 'The Walking Dead' is losing a fan-favorite character and 'The Lego Movie 2' underperforms.

    • *The L Word* reboot has the opportunity to do something revolutionary. Again.


      NYT & Home Page




  • President Trump travels to El Paso today for a rally to win support for his call for a border wall. But this time, his potential rival in 2020, Beto O’Rourke, will be there to answer...
  • From peaceful protests to resolutions condemning the fencing, communities along the United States-Mexico border are engaged in acts of resistance.

    • Lawmakers and aides familiar with the negotiations said the number of beds for housing detained migrants already in the country was the main sticking point...


      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti




  • The Enforcement Directorate's probe against Robert Vadra remains focused on the acquisition of expensive properties abroad through allegedly benami transactions, with investigators...
  • Pratibha, Mumbai's original tower of corruption, is finally being razed to the ground 35 years after massive building violations were detected and exposed by then city collector...

    • The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Commission for Minorities to examine in three months if Hindus in states where they are numerical minorities can avail of welfare...


      BBC News - UK




  • The work and pensions secretary said difficulty in accessing universal credit was "one of the causes".
  • The teenager goes on trial accused of killing six-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute last summer.

    • Mrs Justice Parker is given "formal advice" after being found to have "momentarily" nodded off.




      National Geographic News





  • The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.
  • Santa Claus, Father Christmas, St. Nick—no matter the name, everyone knows the story of this plump, jolly, bringer of gifts. Or do they?

    • The mortal remains of the 4th-century Greek bishop are likely scattered around the world as holy relics.



  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cautioned U.S. allies on Monday against deploying equipment from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on their soil, saying it would make it more difficult...
  • Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday contracts private companies have with state-run power utility CFE should be revised to keep electricity prices low...

    • Vale SA, the world's largest iron ore miner, knew last year that the dam in Brazil that collapsed in January and killed at least 165 people had a heightened risk of rupturing, according...



  • Virgin Galactic wants to make the world a better place by giving a lot more people some much-needed perspective.
  • On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun: the Solar Dynamics Observatory. See how it happened here in our On This Day in Space video series...

    • The White House has nominated a longtime NASA center director and former acting administrator to be the next director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)...

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