You Might Want To Take Another Pass At Your Passwords Plus 14 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 17, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News You Might Want To Take Another Pass At Your Passwords They have become so complicated that, in some cases, passwords have undermined their own security intent. But experts say there is still value in keeping your digital door locked with a good password. Read this story Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Executive Actions On Immigration The day before the first of President Obama's executive actions on immigration were to take effect, the new rules have been put on hold by a federal judge's ruling in South Texas. Read this story Storm That Gave Southern States 1st Winter Blast Takes Aim At MidAtlantic After weeks of snow in the Northeast, several Southern states were hit. The storm was moving into the Mid-Atlantic states Tuesday, prompting the federal government to close Washington-area offices. Read this story Pity For Penguins: They Can't Taste Their Dinner Savory fish are a staple for penguins, but the poor birds lack the ability to taste the umami flavor of their meals. One hypothesis? The genes at play got frozen out of commission. Read this story Judge Temporarily Blocks Obama's Executive Action On Immigration A federal judge temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration Monday, giving a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit that aims to permanently stop the orders. Read this story more news stories Most Popular Female Libido Pill Fires Up Debate About Women And Sex Is the FDA being sexist or appropriately cautious in requiring stringent evidence that the latest pill works and is safe? Women's advocacy groups aren't sure. Read this story Presidents Day Deal: Pass Our Quiz, Win Nothing They've all helped create our nation, but do you know who they are? Read this story Answers To Our Presidents Day Quiz Let's see how well you did. Read this story Lesley Gore, Famous For Her Song 'It's My Party,' Has Died Gore was most known for her anthem of teen angst, but her career had multiple hits, as well as an Oscar nomination. Read this story Exploring The Metaphysics Of Love Beyond the roses, hearts and generic declarations of devotion, do you know what love is? Commentator Tania Lombrozo turns to an expert on the metaphysics of love. Read this story more most popular stories Music Summer Cannibals, 'Something New' How do you handle a breakup? Get a new haircut? How about a tattoo? Get sloshed? Kill a man? All are on the table as Jessica Boudreaux drinks and fights her way through the night in "Something New." Read this story opbmusic Presents: Valerie June The captivating singer performs a plaintive blues-folk lament in the woods at Pickathon. Read this story Anderson & Roe's Personalized Bach The bitter suffering and voluptuous lyricism of Bach's St. Matthew Passionare channeled with empathy by a popular piano duo. Read this story Lesley Gore, Famous For Her Song 'It's My Party,' Has Died Gore was most known for her anthem of teen angst, but her career had multiple hits, as well as an Oscar nomination. Read this story The Furniture Company That Sang The Blues In the mid-1920s, Paramount Records was the leading blues label in America. The second box set featuring this music was released in late 2014. Read this story more music stories