2014年12月25日 星期四

2014-12-26 U.S. Spotlight


Pulse
   
Mark Cuban Is Not Who You Think (and to Most People, Neither Are You)   
Pulse
Earlier this year Mark Cuban was interviewed by Inc. Magazine President Eric Schurenberg at its annual GrowCo Conference. Maybe you heard about that interview, since it was a national talking point for nearly a week. (Here's the full video.) Maybe you ...


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For Members of Health Ministries in Texas, Caring Means Sharing the Bills   
New York Times
DALLAS — Erica and Lance Beiler have found an alternative to federally mandated insurance, but it required a leap of faith. The Beilers are part of a small but fast-growing number of residents who have joined health-care sharing ministries, religious ...


   


Police Unions 'Standing Down' After Controversial Comments In Wake Of NYPD ...   
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- New York City's police unions have agreed to refrain from putting out more statements on Saturday's cold-blooded murder of police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, after the unions came under scrutiny for blaming Mayor Bill de Blasio ...


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CNET
   
Fox News channels go dark on Dish as contract talks stall   
CNET
The absence of those channels marks the third major blackout for Dish subscribers in recent months. by Steven Musil · @stevenmusil; December 21, 2014 10:59 AM PST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr.

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Real Estate in the Turks and Caicos Islands   
New York Times
A FIVE-BEDROOM BEACHFRONT VILLA IN PROVIDENCIALES. $4.75 MILLION. Beyond a private, gated entrance and up a sweeping coral staircase flanked by potted date palms is the five-bedroom five-and-a-half-bath vacation villa named Castaway.

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Fox News
   
Heidi Klum ads showed too much skin for Las Vegas?   
Fox News
Hot mama Heidi shows off her jaw-dropping body in the April issue of Allure and shares why, at 36, she's never felt better. Though she's given birth to four kids, don't think the Victoria's Secret model works hard for that figure! "People would be surprised how ...


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What will sink and what will survive as states test Common Core?   
PBS NewsHour
In 2008, a set of academic standards for U.S. public schools called the Common Core was created for states to voluntarily implement. Intended to raise the bar for American students and teachers, many states that originally signed on are now rewriting the ...


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New York Times
   
Going Home From the South, a New Holiday Exodus   
New York Times
The adopted Southerners have landed this week in San Francisco and Los Angeles, in New York, Chicago and Denver. It is the new pattern in holiday travel: Thousands of people raised in California, the Midwest or the Northeast will return, albeit temporarily, ...


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National Geographic
   
Charles Dickens's Great-Great-Grandson: Author Was 'World's First Superstar'   
National Geographic
The "Christmas Carol" author was a champion of the poor. "He'd been there," says Mark Charles Dickens. A photo of Charles Dickens. English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) gave us A Christmas Carol and a slew of other wildly popular books.

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Independent theaters rally behind 'The Interview'   
PBS NewsHour
Moviegoers lined up at independent theaters to see “The Interview,” a comedy about a CIA plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un. After criticism from President Obama and others, Sony Pictures reinstated the release of the film in some theaters and via on-demand.

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