2014年12月12日 星期五

2014-12-13 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
The Sex Education of Grindr's Joel Simkhai   
New York Times
Los Angeles — High on a ridge here, up a series of winding roads from Sunset Boulevard, up where coyotes skulk into backyards, up and away from the sprawling megalopolis of nearly four million people, Joel Simkhai recently bought himself a tear-down.

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PBS NewsHour
   
Many Japanese voters are confused about Sunday's snap election   
PBS NewsHour
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), waves his hands to voters atop a van during a campaign for the Dec. 14 lower house election in Saitama, north of Tokyo December 12, 2014. Photo by Yuya Shino/ ...


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USA TODAY
   
The ultimate gadget gift for everyone on your list   
USA TODAY
The holidays are a hectic time for you, but they're downright insane for someone who reviews gadgets all year long. This is the time of year I have to whittle down a mountain of gadgets — pick out my very favorites for a whole variety of reasons, from ease of ...


   


New York Times
   
Vail, the Thrifty Way   
New York Times
Right as the words were coming out of my mouth, I knew how absurd they sounded. “So where do you go to eat in Vail that's reasonable?” I asked the bartender. Her expression went blank. “Well, I usually don't eat in Vail,” she said. Of course she didn't.

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PBS NewsHour
   
House narrowly passes spending bill after chaos on Capitol Hill   
PBS NewsHour
The House of Representatives passed a $1.1 trillion federal spending bill late Thursday, with just hours to go before the shutdown deadline. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. A massive spending bill to fund the federal government narrowly passed on the ...


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National Geographic
   
Clearing Land Mines Becomes Women's Work in Mozambique and Beyond   
National Geographic
Women have moved from sidelines to front line in effort to rid war-torn country of mines by year's end. Flora Armando Chipossa Tenho uses a metal detector to search for land mines in southern Mozambique. Government forces placed mines around major ...


   


New York Times
   
AO Scott's Top 10 Movies 2014: 'Boyhood' and More   
New York Times
I'll skip the usual laments about the cruel arbitrariness of list making. There were a lot of movies this year — more than 950 reviewed in these pages — and quite a few good ones. Here are 21, a 10 Best list followed by runners-up, arranged alphabetically.

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News Wrap: Computer failure shuts down London airspace   
PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Friday, British officials demanded an investigation of an incident that brought Europe's busiest airport to a standstill. Also, the Pew Research Center found that the wealth gap between white Americans and minorities is growing. COMMENTS.

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National Geographic
   
5 Trillion Pieces of Ocean Trash Found, But Fewer Particles Than Expected   
National Geographic
A new study on the amount of plastic pollution floating around the world's oceans found a lot of garbage but fewer small particles than researchers expected, raising new questions about how litter is interacting with the environment. Scientists from the nonprofit ...


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Applying 'Broken Windows' to the Police   
The Atlantic
In poorer neighborhoods, overly aggressive officers are too often a source of community anxiety. Their misbehavior contributes to disorder. Conor Friedersdorf Dec 8 2014, 12:24 PM ET. Share on Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email · Print; Comments.

   

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