Lawmakers' efforts to overhaul some of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs were dealt a setback Tuesday when a reform bill failed to garner enough votes to proceed in the Senate.
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The Water Palace looks like a painting as it rises up out of a turquoise lake. Gray columns interlock at sharp angles and pink-capped spires point skyward. From atop a ledge, an armless crow-headed figure fixes its white-lined eyes on a lonely princess. She traverses a maze of optical illusions, eventually reaching a Penrose triangle frozen in midair. Featured prominently in artist M.C. Escher's "Waterfall" lithograph, the angled lines form into a shape that can't exist in real life. But those rules don't apply in the video game called Monument Valley. Developed by the small studio Ustwo Games for smartphones and tablets, Monument Valley was designed to be as entertaining to view as it is to play.
The draft resolution demands an end to "Google's illegal and discriminatory treatment." Related: Google lets you pay to avoid ads The proposal cites a frequent complaint: that Google search results are ranked based on what's best for Google as a business, not the user. It also calls for a drastic move "to restore competition in the online marketplace."
New episodes of “The Big Bang Theory,” which is now in its eighth season, appear on CBS, while reruns are shown on the cable channel TBS as well as broadcast stations in local markets around the country. For instance, a viewer in New York could have watched six episodes on Thursday night: a new one on CBS along with five reruns on TBS and two local channels. (That does not count episodes on cbs.com, video on demand or DVDs.)