Wow, it's cold out there!

[conuly]

De Blasio pushes to tax rich as Gov. Cuomo touts $2B in business, property tax cuts

The NYC mayor says he’s sticking to his plan to fund universal pre-K with a tax on city residents making more than $500,000, while the governor gives out a competing message at a separate event, proposing wide-ranging tax breaks for businesses.

http://nydn.us/1cybfWl

How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet

http://wrd.cm/1lMIdEs

More than 10 million Roma live in Europe. Tens of thousands of them are fleeing westwards from poverty and discrimination in the countries of southeastern Europe. But EU member states are failing to help them.

http://bit.ly/1dsLJzB

The NYPD staunchly defends surveillance of Muslim sites, but a new book says the FBI and Director Robert Mueller see no value in the practice.

http://nydn.us/1aE0NcR

One Weird Trick To Improve Women's Chances in Science

http://bit.ly/1eigRTX

Is horticulture a withering field?

http://bit.ly/KvbCrc

Cold fact: humans aren't as resilient as Exmoor ponies
How a bicycle ride along a neolithic pathway led me to a surprisingly peaceful brush with death by hypothermia

http://bitly.com/1k0kC7J

Millennials turn up heat against low wages

http://bitly.com/19MjoJ6

The NSA Would Like Your Sewage

http://bit.ly/1dNxlpb

Climate Change Might Just Be Driving the Historic Cold Snap

Climate change skeptics are pointing to the record cold weather as evidence that the globe isn't warming. But it could be that melting Arctic ice is making sudden cold snaps more likely—not less

http://ti.me/1iaSla7

The Teacher Who Forgot How To Read

http://bit.ly/1cMKwSy

How the NSA Threatens National Security

http://bit.ly/1iM8k1h