2014年12月27日 星期六

2014-12-28 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
Decline of a Political Family Opens the Way for a Shift in Brazil   
New York Times
SÃO LUÍS, Brazil — The tribute is lavish. Slip into the Convento das Mercês, an elegantly restored colonial gem built here in 1654, and learn of the feats of José Sarney, a former president of Brazil and chief of the political dynasty that has held sway over the ...


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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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McDonald's 1950s Menu Could Fix Its Problems Today   
Huffington Post
The McDonald's of today could learn a lot from the McDonald's of yesterday about how to run a burger joint. Check out this 1950s-era McDonald's menu board: menu. There were just nine items! Today the multibillion-dollar chain offers more than 100 items, ...


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Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2014   
Discovery News
Thanks to the careful work of archaeologists, we learned more in the past year about Stonehenge's hidden monuments, Richard III's gruesome death and King Tut's mummified erection. From the discovery of an ancient tomb in Greece to the first evidence of ...


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New York Times
   
The Lives They Lived   
New York Times
Dee at the 1963 March on Washington. Photograph by Paul Schutzer/The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images. By Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah. There is the Ruby Dee of my childhood: In black and white, in “A Raisin in the Sun,” the grainy old movie that my ...


   


Cure For Baldness? Spanish Scientists Use Stem Cells To Restore Hair Growth   
Medical Daily
Could the cure to baldness be found in as little as five years? Photo courtesy of Shutterstock. Comment. Share on facebook. 0. Share on twitter. 0 · Share on google_plusone_share; Share on emailemail; Share on printprint; More Sharing Servicesmore.

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Shields and Gerson on cyber-attacks after Sony, Obama's year ahead   
PBS NewsHour
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss this week's news, including the state of race relations in America in the wake of continuing protests and the killing of two New York police officers ...


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New York Times
   
Little College Guidance: 500 High School Students Per Counselor   
New York Times
A steady stream of teenagers fidgeting with forms and their backpacks flowed through the Midwood High School college office one day this month, all with lists of questions on their minds. But one of the school's two college counselors was nowhere to be ...


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Yes, North Korea has the internet. Here's what it looks like.   
Vox
North Korea is so paranoid about its citizens accessing the internet that merely owning a computer requires permission from local government authorities, and all personal computers are registered with the police, as if they were shotguns. Private ownership of ...


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Sanders: I'll decide whether to run for president by March   
PBS NewsHour
Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, speaks with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., before the start of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on 'The State of VA Health Care' on May 15, 2014. Sanders said he will decide ...


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