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February 28, 2015

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Headlines from February 28, 2015

Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public

By Brian X. Chen

The Apple Watch is scheduled to debut in April, a bit later than the company had hoped, because of technology challenges.

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Decades Since Wasserstein’s ‘Heidi,’ the Glass Proscenium Holds Fast

By Ginia Bellafante

A revival of Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Heidi Chronicles” feels as relevant today as ever, especially in terms of women’s success in the theater.

Metro883 words

In Brooklyn, First Comes Gentrification, Then Comes a Food Co-op

By Stuart Miller

The Windsor Terrace Food Coop is expected to open on March 21 in Brooklyn, which has become a hotbed of small co-ops in the last few years.

Metro1437 words

Alex Rodriguez Attends First-Base School, but a Key Item Is Absent

By Billy Witz

Rodriguez did not have the right glove as he practiced in a new position at Yankees spring training.

Sports702 words

White House Proposes Broad Consumer Data Privacy Bill

By Natasha Singer

Under the proposed legislation, called the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act, industries would draw up their own codes of conduct on handling customer data, which regulators would enforce.

Business949 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 25, 2015, covering February 28, 2015.

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If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Drake
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Peak
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1
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Fifty Shades Of Grey
Soundtrack
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2
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In The Lonely Hour
Sam Smith
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Peak
2
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35
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Ed Sheeran
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3
Peak
1
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34
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1989
Taylor Swift
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Peak
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16

Notable Deaths

2015Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (born 1923)^[†]

Yaşar Kemal was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of his 1955 novel Memed, My Hawk.

Historical Context for February 28, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people^[†]

Headlines from February 28, 2015

Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public

Decades Since Wasserstein’s ‘Heidi,’ the Glass Proscenium Holds Fast

In Brooklyn, First Comes Gentrification, Then Comes a Food Co-op

Alex Rodriguez Attends First-Base School, but a Key Item Is Absent

White House Proposes Broad Consumer Data Privacy Bill

If You're Reading This It's Too Late

Fifty Shades Of Grey

In The Lonely Hour

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1989

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for February 28, 2015