2014年12月2日 星期二

2014-12-03 U.S. Spotlight

  The New Yorker   
Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio  The New Yorker
In an essay from his new book, “Loitering,” Charles D'Ambrosio recounts a trip he took to the “rudiments of an eco-village” in East Austin: “I was more than willing to believe in a world in which, quite beautifully, nothing was outcast or lost or abandoned.” But in ...


   


Crush Cyber Monday With These 3 Tricks  Huffington Post
If you plan to go online on Cyber Monday to score some deals for your holiday shopping, you're not alone. Last year, 131 million people shopped online during the Monday following Thanksgiving, according to USA Today, spending nearly $2.29 billion.

   


Black Friday Guide: The Best Deals On Tablets, Smartphones And PCs  Forbes
The once-a-year shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday is again upon us. And as usual, it brings some of the year's best deals for technology buyers. With slowing growth in the tablet market and an increasing array of choices, some of the strongest ...


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Oil prices keep plummeting as OPEC starts a price war with the US  Vox
An oil rig south of town extracts crude on July 21, 2008 in Taft, California. David McNew/Getty Images. Don't miss stories. Follow Vox! Get Vox in your inbox! By signing up, you agree to our terms. Oil prices have been dropping sharply over the past three ...


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  The Guardian   
'Being homeless is better than working for Amazon'  The Guardian
Nichole Gracely has a master's degree and was one of Amazon's best order pickers. Now, after protesting the company, she's homeless. Homeless and working for Amazon: the trap of the seasonal job cycle. Nichole Gracely was once one of Amazon's order ...


   

  National Geographic   
Optimism Greets New Round of UN Climate Talks  National Geographic
Amid soot-covered stalks of last year's corn, a farmer prepares for spring near a power plant in China's Shanxi Province. Photograph by Robb Kendrick, National Geographic Creative. Brian Clark Howard. National Geographic. Published November 26, 2014.

   

  TheBlaze.com   
Black Ferguson Residents Arm Themselves and Descend Upon White-Owned ...  TheBlaze.com
A group of four black Ferguson residents reportedly armed themselves and descended upon a white-owned business following a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. But unlike many of the ...


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  ThinkProgress   
Justice Scalia Explains What Was Wrong With The Ferguson Grand Jury  ThinkProgress
Justice Antonin Scalia, in the 1992 Supreme Court case of United States v. Williams, explained what the role of a grand jury has been for hundreds of years. It is the grand jury's function not 'to enquire … upon what foundation [the charge may be] denied,' or ...


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Cozy relationship between Fed and big banks draws scrutiny  PBS NewsHour
While monitoring Goldman Sachs, New York Federal Reserve supervisor Carmen Segarra made secret recordings that suggested the Fed was too soft on the big bank. She was fired a few months later, for reasons the Fed claimed were unrelated.

   

  New York Times   
A French Town Reels After Teenage Girl Vanishes, Apparently to Join Jihadists  New York Times
BETHONCOURT, France — French intelligence officials got in touch with the parents of a shy, 15-year-old Muslim girl in this depressed town in eastern France last May to convey some shocking news: Their daughter had become a frequent visitor to websites ...


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