2014年8月8日 星期五

2014-08-09 U.S. Spotlight

  Fox News   
I was there: Nixon's resignation and Watergate's legacy forty years later  Fox News
Forty years ago this week, Richard Nixon became the only president of the United States to resign from office. I was a junior member of Henry Kissinger's National Security Council staff and as close to the Watergate scandal as one could get without actually ...


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  PBS NewsHour   
Free health clinics shift gears as their patients qualify for insurance  PBS NewsHour
Certified nurse practitioner Myra Tilson conducts a check-up on a patient at a Community Clinic Inc. health center in Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, the same day health insurance exchanges opened their doors across the nation.

   

  Vanity Fair   
I Tried Living Like Blake Lively, and It Was Nerve-Racking, yet Triumphant  Vanity Fair
Author Josh Duboff attempts to keep his spirits up as he realizes there is no way he is going to be able to tie this Preserve bow tie. I have very little in common with Blake Lively, biographically speaking. She is female; she is a famous actress; she has been on ...


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Dear Ole Miss: Minorities Are Done Being Haunted by Confederate Ghosts  TIME
Students protest the enrollment of James Meredith, the University of Mississippi's first black student. September, 1962. Rolls Press—Getty Images. Clinging to nostalgia will only hold back everyone at our university. It was my second semester of Ancient Greek ...


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  USA TODAY   
How glam can you go? Asian hotels for the 1 percent  USA TODAY
Does soaring through the city skyline by helicopter to an urban hotel or arriving by private boat to a hidden tropical paradise sound like your kind of luxury? Here are 10 Asian hotels that cater to affluent guests -- from sumptuous city escapes to lavish ...


   


Spoiler Room: Get scoops on 'Dallas,' 'Arrow,' 'NCIS,' and more  Entertainment Weekly
Welcome to the Spoiler Room, a safe place for spoiler addicts to come on a weekly basis to learn what's coming next on their favorite shows and, hopefully, get a few of their own questions answered. If you want scoop on a specific show, send your questions ...


   


President Obama authorizes airstrikes on militants in Iraq  PBS NewsHour
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Thursday night he had authorized the Pentagon to launch targeted airstrikes if needed to protect Americans from Islamic militants in northern Iraq and help Iraqi security forces protect civilians under ...


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Introspective or Narcissistic?  New York Times
People who keep a journal often see it as part of the process of self-understanding and personal growth. They don't want insights and events to slip through their minds. They think with their fingers and have to write to process experiences and become aware ...


   


ISIS Is Ignoring Islam's Teachings on Yazidis and Christians  TIME
Displaced families from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar west of Mosul, arrive at Dohuk province, Aug. 4, 2014. Ari Jalal—Reuters. Here's what the Prophet and the Quran really say about how to treat the two faith groups ...


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U.S. doctor being treated for Ebola releases statement  PBS NewsHour
Dr. Kent Brantly, the Samaritan's Purse doctor currently being treated at Emory Hospital in Atlanta for Ebola, released a public statement on Friday. While providing an update on his condition, the humanitarian worker also gave insight into his background, ...


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