2015年6月10日 星期三

2015-06-11 U.S. Spotlight


FiveThirtyEight
   
Tobey Maguire Is The Real-Life Vince From 'Entourage'   
FiveThirtyEight
Still, it got us wondering: Who in real life had the career arc most like Vincent Chase, the fictional protagonist of “Entourage”? According to entertainment site PopSugar, here are the film jobs that Chase had on the show: A bit part in real-life film “A Walk to ...


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New York Times
   
Escape to Bro-topia   
New York Times
WASHOUGAL, WASH. — People talk about chucking their jobs. They say they will leave behind the madness of the city and hit the road. A few drinks and they're telling you about the epic hiking trip in the Sierra Nevada they'll take or how magical the surf is in ...


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Latest Triple Crown history is about the horse, not the humans   
ESPN
ELMONT, N.Y. -- There he was parading about in the winner's circle, the world's greatest athlete, his muscles and veins bulging as if he were hooked up to some overheated generator about to explode. American Pharoah was sweating profusely under a ...


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Yahoo Finance
   
Would you pay $20 for a bottle of water?   
Yahoo Finance
The FBI wants Congress to require weaker encryption in apps like WhatsApp and iMessage. But lawmakers won't listen. 6. . "Fed lift-off tantrum" safe investments. 2:14. Now watching Up next. "Fed lift-off tantrum" safe investments. Interest rate-sensitive ...


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New York Times
   
What Makes a Woman?   
New York Times
Do women and men have different brains? Back when Lawrence H. Summers was president of Harvard and suggested that they did, the reaction was swift and merciless. Pundits branded him sexist. Faculty members deemed him a troglodyte. Alumni ...


   


Daily Beast
   
Sarah Palin's Bitter Cry For Attention   
Daily Beast
Sarah Palin, the Duggars and a host of other conservative folk heros decry the mainstream media while ceaselessly courting it. It's a good schtick, until it goes badly wrong. By now you may have read Sarah Palin's florid attack on Lena Dunham. She and her ...


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WND.com
   
Vets told they can 'buy back' 2nd Amendment rights   
WND.com
Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a ...


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American Pharoah claims first Triple Crown since 1978   
ESPN
NEW YORK -- By midstretch, Bob Baffert knew it. American Pharoah was going to win the Triple Crown. He took his eyes off the horse to soak in the crazed scene of the packed grandstand. Fans jumped up and down, hugged and tossed drinks in the air.

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Yahoo Health
   
3 Tips for Building Courage and Resilience, From a Navy SEAL   
Yahoo Health
Eric Greitens' list of accolades is long: he's a Navy SEAL, PhD-holder, Rhodes scholar, and an author, to name just a few. And his newest book, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life, is all about this key characteristic that gets us through the ...


   


Washington Post
   
New video shows Texas police officer pulling gun on teenagers at pool party   
Washington Post
A white police officer in McKinney, Tex., has been suspended and a rally is being planned to call for his firing after a shocking video emerged Saturday that shows the officer manhandling, arresting and drawing his gun on a group of black children outside a ...


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