2015年2月1日 星期日

2015-02-02 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
Vaccine Critics Turn Defensive Over Measles   
New York Times
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Their children have been sent home from school. Their families are barred from birthday parties and neighborhood play dates. Online, people call them negligent and criminal. And as officials in 14 states grapple to contain a ...


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PBS NewsHour
   
Thousands take part in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong   
PBS NewsHour
Student leader Alex Chow (front 2nd R) walks with other students during a march in Hong Kong Feb. 1, 2015. REUTERS/Liau Chung-ren. Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in their first major march since police crackdowns ...


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Vanity Fair
   
Revisiting Jeb Bush's Bad Behavior at Andover   
Vanity Fair
Perhaps because it seemed Jeb Bush could never be president—his brother had just been elected and, even then, the thinking was that two Bushes would be quite enough—his classmates at Andover reminisced quite freely about him with me in 2001, when ...


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New York Times
   
Mitt's White Horse Pulls Up Lame   
New York Times
SALT LAKE CITY — WHEN the Mitt Romney documentary premiered here at the Sundance Film Festival last year, one member of the audience was especially charmed by the candidate up on the screen. That guy is great, Mitt Romney thought to himself.

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Raw Story
   
These are the 12 worst ideas religion has unleashed on the world   
Raw Story
Some of humanity's technological innovations are things we would have been better off without: the medieval rack, the atomic bomb and powdered lead potions come to mind. Religions tend to invent ideas or concepts rather than technologies, but like every ...


   


Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement ...   
PBS NewsHour
Burlington, Vermont, the state's largest city, recently became the first in the country to use 100 percent renewable energy for its residents' electricity needs. In a state known for socially conscious policies, the feat represents a milestone in the growing green ...


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New York Times
   
Medical Costs Rise as Retirees Winter in Florida   
New York Times
Like many retirees, one couple from upstate New York visit doctors in their winter getaway in Florida. But on a recent routine checkup of a pacemaker, a cardiologist there insisted on scheduling several expensive tests even though the 91-year-old husband ...


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Albert Wilson's 2014 season and beyond for the Kansas City Chiefs   
Arrowhead Pride (blog)
In related news, water is wet, gravity exists, a Lannister always repays his debts, and Jamaal Charles is awesome. It's not as though I'm saying anything earth-shattering when I point out the Chiefs had issues at receiver this year. The mere mention of the ...


   


Dallas Morning News
   
Machota: If Cowboys pay DeMarco Murray, fans will see less of him and more ...   
Dallas Morning News
As the Cowboys' season winds down, let's take a look at some of the most poignant moments so far. Here are our 50 favorite action shots (including this one). By JON MACHOTA Follow @jonmachota jmachota@dallasnews.com. Staff Writer. Published: 24 ...


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Why IBM Actually Grew Sales In 2014 (IBM)   
Seeking Alpha (registration)
The IBM story has dozens of moving parts and can't be understood based on headline figures. In this article, I present a deeper analysis of IBM's segmented revenue data, which will reveal several surprising facts. Both the bull and the bear camps are wrong ...


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