APPLE HIJACKED OUR AFTERNOON Apple CEO Tim Cook could barely contain himself before today's Apple event. He wasn't alone. In the half-year since Apple first unveiled what were then very early versions of its long anticipated Apple Watch, everyone has been waiting to hear what Cook would reveal. What we waited for, according to Ed Baig , is a miniature computer that looks pretty awesome and has a battery that will last up to 18 hours. There are three models. The watches start at $350 (not too bad) all the way up to $10,000 (Kardashian-style). They go on sale April 24. Here's what happened during the rest of the event: 1. We learned HBO's new stand-alone streaming video service is launching next month exclusively on Apple TV. (To get everyone pumped, Apple showed a new Game of Thrones trailer. It worked.) 2. Apple announced it's turning iPhone and HealthKit into diagnostic tools by launching ResearchKit next month. (That means you can use your phone to contribute to Parkinson's research. Pretty neat.) 3. Apple unveiled the new, super slim MacBook with retina display that starts at $1,299 and ships April 10. Oh, and it comes in gold. 4. Apple Watch competitor Pebble used Twitter to passive-aggressively respond to #AppleWatch. It was perfect. 5. We all realized our current Apple products are obsolete.
'RACISM IS ALIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA' And it was caught on tape. Last night, the University of Oklahoma closed its chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video surfaced of members chanting racial slurs. Immediately after the video was posted, an outpouring of tweets echoed the sentence: "Racism is alive at the University of Oklahoma." The decision to close the fraternity came on the same day that thousands of people had gathered in Selma, Ala., to mark the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a day in 1965 when peaceful protesters marching for voting rights were beaten by police. School President David Borensaid Monday that some fraternity members shown in the video could be expelled. "To those who have misused their free speech in such a reprehensible way, I have a message for you. You are disgraceful," Boren tweeted after a campus protest this morning.
WELCOME TO HILLARY CLINTON'S PRIMARY The dust-up over Hillary Rodham Clinton's failure to use government e-mail while secretary of State provides a preview of coming attractions. Given her long record in public life and her and her husband's penchant for secrecy, there will be plenty of stories like The New York Times' e-mail scoop that will portray the overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in a negative light. The intense media scrutiny will serve as Hillary's primary. She's under fire for using a private e-mail account during her years as secretary of State. She hasn't come forward yet to explain why she thought it was necessary for a very public official to have private e-mail on a private server at her home. At a women's equality event on Monday, Hillary continued to stay mum. A White House spokesman said President Obama did trade e-mails with the then-secretary of State but didn't know about her private e-mail system. Our Susan Page wrote last week that just one person could cost Hillary the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. That would be Hillary.
VATICAN REFUSES TO PONY UP RANSOM FOR MICHELANGELO LETTER WE NEVER KNEW WAS STOLEN It sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown novel, but it's real life. The Vatican is working with authorities to recover a letter handwritten by Michelangelo that was stolen from a Vatican archive back in 1997. The Vatican didn't report the theft until now (it's not explaining that one). The Rome newspaper il Messaggero reported that a former archive employee is asking for a ransom of 100,000 euros ($108,000) to return the rare letter. Michelangelo painted the ceiling and altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. He typically dictated letters to assistants, adding only his signature — that makes the letter in question especially rare, the Vatican said. Since the letter is priceless, we're thinking the thief may want to re-do his math.
'EMPIRE' STAR DOESN'T COME OUT, BECAUSE HE WAS NEVER IN THE CLOSET A lot of people have been talking lately about whether Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of Fox's hit show Empire, is gay. On the show, he plays Jamal Lyon, a gay singer who's battling his father's homophobia. Last week, Smollett's co-star, Malik Yoba, made headlines when several media outlets and fans accused him of inadvertently outing the actor. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Smollett confirmed he's gay and explained why he's never felt the need to discuss his personal life. "There's never been a closet. That I've been in. I don't own a closet, I got a dresser, but I don't have a closet, but I have a home and that is my responsibility to protect that home. ... So that's why I choose not to talk about my personal life."
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| Compiled by Alia E. Dastagir. Contributing: John Bacon, Kim Hjelmgaard, Arienne Thompson, Greg Toppo, David Jackson, Catalina Camia, Susan Page, Jessica Guynn, Edward C. Baig, Mike Snider, Rem Rieder, USA TODAY |
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