2014年11月19日 星期三

2014-11-20 U.S. Spotlight

  Today.com   
Sawing logs: 7 ways to get more sleep with a snorer  Today.com
Ever fallen asleep at your desk or felt yourself nodding off on the highway? Is hitting the snooze button five times and drinking your weight in coffee still not enough to prop you up through your day? There are many reasons Americans aren't getting enough ...


   


How Tunisia Will Succeed  New York Times
TUNIS — In this time of great change in the Arab region, political struggles are often viewed exclusively through an ideological lens, creating the impression of a binary choice between Islamists and secularists. But the fundamental choice facing the citizens ...


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  MIT Technology Review   
The Search for Exceptional Genomes  MIT Technology Review
They walk among us. Natural experiments, living ordinary lives, unaware that their genes may hold the clue to the next superdrug. By Antonio Regalado on November 19, 2014. 0 comments. Comments. Email. Service. Service. More Share. Print ...


   

  Today.com   
Is Arkansas governor a snowplow parent for pardoning son's felony?  Today.com
Sure, everybody makes mistakes— especially, in our teens and young adulthood. But how great would it be if our parents could snap their fingers, and make our messes vanish into thin air? That's what it looks like Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe is doing for ...


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  New York Times   
Banana Republic Executive Decorates Her Home  New York Times
When NYC & Company is ready to replace Taylor Swift as its Global Welcome Ambassador, it should consider enlisting Marissa Webb, the global creative director of Banana Republic, who is as charismatic as any pop star. Born in Korea, Ms. Webb was ...


   

  National Geographic   
More Than Ebola, Other Tropical Diseases Pose Growing Threat to US  National Geographic
Workers from Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population spray chemicals to exterminate mosquitoes-a local carrier of chikungunya and dengue, among other diseases-in Port-au-Prince in May. Photograph by Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images. Katherine ...


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  CBS News   
Police nationwide brace for protests after Ferguson decision  CBS News
Last Updated Nov 15, 2014 3:20 PM EST. BOSTON -- From Boston to Los Angeles, police departments are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether to indict a white police officer who killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, ...


   

  New York Times   
US|Obama's Immigration Plan Could Grant Papers to Millions, at Least for Now  New York Times
A deported immigrant waiting to receive his belongings in January at an Air Force base in Guatemala City. Credit Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...


   

  Fox News   
Michael Brown case: Ferguson teen's parents and double standards  Fox News
Nov. 12, 2014: Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown, Sr., right, parents of teenager Michael Brown who was shot by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, speak during a press conference about the UN Committee Against Torture who convenes this week ...


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As bill to rein in phone data collection fails, what's next for NSA reform?  PBS NewsHour
A bill to limit the National Security Agency's domestic metadata collection effectively died on the Senate floor. The USA Freedom Act would have forced the NSA to get court orders for specific data from telecom companies. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Vermont ...


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