2015年3月12日 星期四

2015-03-13 U.S. Spotlight


Yahoo News
   
Banning the American flag? Why UC Irvine flap might be glimpse of future   
Yahoo News
The controversial decision by the UC Irvine student body government to ban the American flag – as well as all other flags – speaks to broader generational shifts in views of patriotism. The decision has since been overturned. Christian Science Monitor.

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CNET
   
Eddy Cue: Here's how Apple Pay works on an Apple Watch   
CNET
The exec in charge of Apple Pay tells CNET at a Golden State Warriors game that the mobile payments service will work on the company's new smartwatch as long as the device has been unlocked with a passcode or through an iPhone. by Shara Tibken.

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'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt': Too good for NBC, but still not that great   
Washington Post
Not too many moons ago, a television story like this would have required smelling salts to revive all the showbiz industry reporters who had passed out from the news: A creator/performer of Tina Fey's talent and buzzworthiness announces that she's moving ...


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MiamiHerald.com
   
In Florida, officials ban term 'climate change'   
MiamiHerald.com
The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the state's beaches over the next 85 years. But you would not know that by talking to officials ...


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DesMoinesRegister.com
   
Chris Soules' real life in rural Iowa   
DesMoinesRegister.com
ARLINGTON, Ia. – Summer Handel maneuvers through the countryside near her hometown with the ease of a fighter jet through clouds. A small woman at the helm of a large, apple-red truck, Handel, 25, knows the family history of each farm passed.

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13 things to know about the Apple Watch   
CNNMoney
During an event in San Francisco, CEO Tim Cook and other executives announced key details about the Apple Watch, including when it will go on sale, where it will be available, and exactly how much it costs. Here's what we now know about Apple's first ...


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New York Post
   
My ISIS boyfriend: A reporter's undercover life with a terrorist   
New York Post
The young woman sitting in a Parisian cafe could be meeting a friend for lunch. Her figure-hugging purple top sets off her dark hair and intelligent eyes, and her hands are heavy with rings. Every so often she glances out of the window, but she is not checking ...


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CNET
   
Time for Apple Watch to show us what it can do   
CNET
Apple on Monday will talk up more features of its smartwatch -- and it needs to give consumers a reason to buy one. by Shara Tibken · @sharatibken; March 7, 2015 5:00 AM PST. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email.

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Fortune
   
The crazy, true-life adventures of Norway's most radical billionaire   
Fortune
Fred Olsen is reliving the day he ran off to sea. The 86-year-old Norwegian billionaire is showing me around the museum-like headquarters of his business empire when he pauses next to a glass-encased model of the Bruno, the fruit ship he boarded in ...


   


Read the full transcript of Obama's rousing, emotional speech in Selma   
Vox
It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and made his way to Brown Chapel, heroics were not on his mind.

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