2015年1月3日 星期六

2015-01-04 U.S. Spotlight


8 Things You Didn't Know Your Chromecast Could Do   
PC Magazine
Using Google means an easier online life - from email and online storage to news and digital maps. But the search giant can also take over your TV with the Google Chromecast , a streaming dongle that is behind only Amazon's own Fire TV Stick on the ...


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Why a GOP-controlled Congress may abandon No Child Left Behind law   
PBS NewsHour
When Congress returns to work next week, Republicans will have substantial majorities in the House and the Senate. Republican leaders have promised they will initiate new legislation, and one of their first efforts may be to roll back parts of No Child Left ...


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Jay Speaks Part 2: 'Hae was dead before she got to my house. Anything that ...   
The Intercept - First Look Media
The hugely popular 12-part podcast “Serial” investigated the 1999 murder of teenager Hae Min Lee and the murder conviction the following year of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, who is currently serving a life sentence. The key witness in the case was Jay ...


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WND.com
   
Wild cheers for proposed invasion of Israel   
WND.com
Leo Hohmann is a news editor for WND. He has been a reporter and editor at several suburban newspapers in the Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, areas and also served as managing editor of Triangle Business Journal in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Newser
   
Secret Underground Nazi WMD Factory Found: Report   
Newser
(Newser) – Suspiciously high radiation levels around the Austrian town of St. Georgen an der Gusen had long fueled theories that there was a buried bunker nearby where Nazis had tested nuclear weapons during WWII. Those suspicions came one step ...


   


Huffington Post
   
Texas Is Throwing People In Jail For Failing To Pay Back Predatory Loans   
Huffington Post
At least six people have been jailed in Texas over the past two years for owing money on payday loans, according to a damning new analysis of public court records. The economic advocacy group Texas Appleseed found that more than 1,500 debtors have ...


   


Shields and Gerson on 2015's foreign policy issues, Mario Cuomo's legacy   
PBS NewsHour
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss 2015's most pressing foreign and domestic policy issues and the political legacy former New York Governor Mario Cuomo leaves behind.

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BBC News
   
Are low oil prices here to stay?   
BBC News
Americans have become used to the bouncing cost of oil over recent years. Prices have spiked, causing angst and political posturing ("Drill, baby, drill" and all), and they've tanked following the economic upheaval of the Great Recession and the 9/11 attacks.

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I Still Use an AOL Email Account, and I'm (Mostly) Proud of It   
Slate Magazine
I'm a nostalgic at heart. I have a hard time letting go of things. My wife would probably describe it as low-level hoarding. That may be true. Stashed throughout our apartment are an impressive array of retro sneakers, old hip-hop magazines, comic books, CDs, ...


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Daily Mail
   
Alien hunters spot a 'COFFIN' on Mars - and they want Nasa to take a closer look ...   
Daily Mail
From fossilised iguanas to Obama's head, conspiracy theorists appear to have found all manner of things on Mars. And now an alien coffin can be added to the list, after one Maryland-based UFO hunter spotted what he believes to be a 'decorative' box on the ...


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