2014年12月17日 星期三

2014-12-18 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
US to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing a Last Trace of Cold War Hostility   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the opening of an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half-century as he vowed to “cut loose the shackles of the past” and ...


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Daily Mail
   
Angelina Jolie has chicken pox and won't be attending the Unbroken premiere   
Daily Mail
Angelina Jolie wants the world to know she is not a spoiled brat but she certainly is a spotty one. The 39-year-old revealed late Friday that she will not be able to attend the upcoming promotional events and even the Hollywood premiere of her film Unbroken ...


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What a lapse in terrorism insurance by Congress means for businesses   
PBS NewsHour
Since 9/11, businesses have been able to insure themselves against terrorist attacks through the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. But for the first time in 13 years, Congress ended a session without renewing its funding, due to opposition from Sen. Tom Coburn.

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Australia's Once-Vibrant Auto Industry Crashes in Slow Motion   
New York Times
MELBOURNE, Australia — There has been a car industry in Australia for about as long as there have been cars. But within two or three years, the last of the continent's auto plants will go dark. At the turn of the 20th century, while visionaries in the United ...


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National Geographic
   
Zimbabwe's Reported Plan to Export Baby Elephants Raises Outcry Against ...   
National Geographic
For elephants, being held captive in a circus or in zoos is a fate worse than death, says renowned expert Joyce Poole. Elephant calf at Taiyuan zoo in Xinghualing, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China‎. This elephant, exported from Zimbabwe in 2012, now lives alone at ...


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How does diplomatic reconciliation affect Cuban-Americans? – Part 3   
PBS NewsHour
How are Cuban-Americans responding to the breakthrough in relations between the U.S. and Cuba? Maria de los Angeles Torres of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Cuban-American activist Ana Carbonell join Judy Woodruff for a debate on the ...


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New York Times
   
Manohla Dargis's Best Movies of 2014: 'Beyond the Lights' and More   
New York Times
One of the most pleasurable moviegoing experiences I had this year was catching “Beyond the Lights” in a suburban Southern California mall not long after it opened. It was the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving, and the theater was half-full, mostly with ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
Back 'Into the Woods' for librettist James Lapine, with new feeling   
Los Angeles Times
Ten steps back "Into the Woods": 1. December 2010. Rob Marshall phones: "Do you want to do a film version of 'Into the Woods'?" Really? The 27-year-old musical I wrote with Stephen Sondheim is finally ready for a close-up? I timidly respond: "Yes! And any ...


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Fortune
   
McDonald's to cut menu items in bid to regain 'burger leadership'   
Fortune
McDonald's MCD is going to dramatically simplify its menu next month as a major part of its strategy to halt a U.S. sales slide that has gotten worse of late. McDonald's USA president Mike Andres said on Wednesday at an analyst meeting in Oak Brook, Ill., that ...


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Miss BumBum winner goes under knife to get virginity restored before nude ...   
Fox News Latino
It probably wouldn't be a stretch to say that most of the girls of Brazil's famed Miss BumBum competition have most likely had a surgical modification or two. A nip-and-tuck here, an implant there. But the most recent winner of the contest, Indianara Carvalho, ...


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