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Nasdaq finally parties like its dot-com peak
Today the Nasdaq broke 5000 for the first time since the dot-com bust. Fifteen years ago, the last time the tech-heavy market index closed this high, the market was very different. That one was a bubble. The Internet was in diapers, and the Nasdaq was dominated by untested dot-com companies valued by clicks rather than profits. The world has changed since March 2000: Hello, Twitter; hello, iPhone. Companies driving the Nasdaq now have real earnings and are more mature. The Nasdaq's comeback and resurgence is a story of continued innovation, more reasonably valued stocks, and profits as opposed to dreams. The index's all-time closing high was 5048.62 on March 10, 2000. Today, it closed at 5008.10. Onward to 10,000.
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USA TODAY's Shannon Rae Green talks with USA TODAY editor Dave Callaway about the significance of the Nasdaq Composite capping its long march back to 5000 Monday, eclipsing the level for the first time since March 2000. (MONEY, USA TODAY)
What else is in #TheShortList:
• Introducing Google wireless and also the Samsung Galaxy S6
• Pediatricians delay vaccinations to keep patients
• Netanyahu says he's only got love for Obama
• What's fake on the Internet: probably that Cindy Crawford photo
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Google gets into the wireless business; and hey, it's the Samsung Galaxy S6
Google isn't experimenting just with self-driving cars and drones. Now we learn the tech giant is planning to offer its own U.S. cellular network service. Sundar Pichai made the announcement at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona. Pichai, Google's senior vice president of products, framed the new service as an experiment and said Google is working with wireless companies to offer the network as a way to improve mobile connectivity. And speaking of the Mobile World Congress, Samsung finally revealed the long-rumored Galaxy S6 smartphone to be launched in April. The device boasts a 5.1-inch screen, improved fingerprint sensor and the mobile payments system Samsung Pay, which arrives this summer. USA TODAY tech columnist Ed Baig offers his first impressions of the fancy phone.
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USA TODAY's Ed Baig takes a look at Samsung's newest flagship Galaxy smartphones, the S6 and S6 Edge. Eli Blumenthal for USA TODAY
18 minutes isn't enough time for pediatricians to convince parents to vaccinate their kids
We've got another wrinkle in the great vaccination debate. At a time when measles is making a dramatic comeback, a new study finds more than 70% of children's doctors agree to parents' requests to delay vaccinations — even though most believe it puts children at risk. More and more parents are skipping selected vaccines or delaying others. Doctors have only about 18 minutes per clinic visit to perform physical exams, discuss critical issues about a child's development and persuade parents to vaccinate their kids. So physicians can easily succumb to pressure to delay vaccinations. They want the parents to trust them and don't want them to leave the doctor's practice. The American Academy of Pediatrics is on board, saying docs shouldn't "fire" families who refuse vaccines — they need to keep trying to persuade them.
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A new survey published in the journal "Pediatrics" found that many doctors are giving in to parents' requests to delay vaccinating their children.
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Netanyahu to Obama: No disrespect
There's some major friction right now between Israel's prime minister and President Obama. The gist is that Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an invitation from House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to speak before Congress Tuesday without clearing it with the White House. That's a major faux pas. Obama is refusing to meet with Netanyahu right now, because he says the visit is too political in the run-up to the March 17 Israeli elections. Netanyahu said during a speech today before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobbying group, that he isn't trying to disrespect the president. He said his speech to Congress tomorrow is about making clear Iran's threat to Israel. The Obama administration is trying to make a deal with Iran right now so Tehran will curb its nuclear program. That doesn't sit well with Netanyahu, who says the U.S. is making too many concessions, and that Iran is an "existential" threat to Israel. Both sides are playing down talk of deteriorating Israeli-U.S. relations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he arrives to speak at the 2015 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2015.Â<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Cliff Owen, AP)
Looks like that wrinkly Cindy Crawford photo was maybe fake
Remember that supposedly un-Photoshopped photo of Cindy Crawford that went viral in a big way? It showed her body with wrinkles and sags around the stomach area. And it prompted a lot of people to applaud the fact that a supermodel's body can be shown as "real" and "honest" and "gorgeous." Marie Claire magazine said in a blog post that the photo was a leaked image from a shoot for a December 2013 cover story. Now, TMZ reports that it was not only a leak, it was a "significantly altered" leak. More about the legal back-and-forth here. Crawford's husband, Rande Gerber, posted a photo of his wife, 49, on Valentine's Day, looking smooth and beautiful. But here's what was not fake on the Internet: a police chase involving llamas; a ridiculous debate over the color of a dress; and an unbelievable sky-diving video.
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Sorry if you thought supermodel Cindy Crawford was just like the rest of us. USA TODAY's Arienne Thompson has some bad news about that un-retouched photo of her that sprang up last week... (Daily Dish, USA TODAY)
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Day in pictures: We were moved by this powerful image from Burma. Swipe through the full gallery.
A student protester lies on a monastery floor after police surrounded it, apparently to prevent them from proceeding with a protest march to Yangon from Letpadan, north of Yangon, Myanmar, on March 2, 2015. Truckloads of police prevented hundreds of students from marching onward to Myanmar's old capital to protest a new law that they say will curb academic freedom.Â<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe, AP)
Must-read: USA TODAY's investigation of a deadly bacteria mishandled at a Louisiana lab. Watch the video below to hear what reporter Alison Young has to say about the incident.
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USA TODAY​'s Shannon Rae Green interviews investigative reporter Alison Young about the latest incident in a series of security lapses at bio labs across the country. USA TODAY
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Contributing: Dave Callaway, Emily Brown, Brett Molina, Liz Szabo, Jessica Guynn, Ann Oldenburg, Donna Leinwand Leger, Gary Strauss, Adam Shell, USA TODAY
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