2015年6月13日 星期六

2015-06-14 U.S. Spotlight


The New Yorker
   
Kalief Browder, 1993–2015   
The New Yorker
Last fall, I wrote about a young man named Kalief Browder, who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. He had been arrested in the spring of 2010, at age sixteen, for a robbery he insisted he had not committed. Then he spent ...


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New York Times
   
Hillary Clinton Traces Friendly Path, Troubling Party   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be dispensing with the nationwide electoral strategy that won her husband two terms in the White House and brought white working-class voters and great stretches of what is now red-state America back ...


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Mashable
   
The hipster is dead, and you might not like who comes next   
Mashable
What do we call me? I'm a 26-year-old writer who lives in a gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn. I'm a straight white man with a single-speed bike and a mustache. I studied liberal arts in college, and I have ideas about stuff, you guys. Millennial? Hipster?

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Ars Technica (blog)
   
Why the “biggest government hack ever” got past the feds   
Ars Technica (blog)
Inertia, a lack of internal expertise, and a decade of neglect at OPM led to breach. by Sean Gallagher - Jun 8, 2015 8:00am PDT. Share · Tweet · Google · Reddit · 111. Disney / DHS. In April, federal authorities detected an ongoing remote attack targeting the ...


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New York Times
   
Escalating Demands at Work Hurt Employees and Companies   
New York Times
Earlier this week, I had a call with the chief executive of a $5 billion company who has traveled four to five days a week for many years. She sounded utterly exhausted. “When times get tough,” she told me, “the only way I've ever known is to muscle through.

   


Obama looks to save his legacy from the Supreme Court   
CNN
Washington (CNN) It's the constitutional law professor in the Oval Office versus the Supreme Court, again. President Barack Obama's politicized, difficult relationship with the court's conservative wing is back in the spotlight, as his patience threatens to snap ...


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How Spurs' majestic 2014 Finals performance changed the NBA   
ESPN
SAN ANTONIO -- "Summertime" arrived in the first quarter of Game 3 and nestled in for the duration of the 2014 NBA Finals. It breezed in on a crisp pass from Tony Parker at the 11:44 mark to Boris Diaw, who resisted allowing the ball to linger and deftly ...


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New York Times
   
Painkillers Resist Abuse, but Experts Still Worry   
New York Times
Anthony DiTullio would pop a painkiller in his mouth but not just swallow it, as intended. He would chew it for 30 minutes, grinding through its protective coating and waxy unpleasantness, because the only pain he was treating was addiction. The pill was ...


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TheBlaze.com
   
Blame the Teenagers for What Happened in McKinney, Not the Police   
TheBlaze.com
If you live near McKinney, Texas and you like to party, you might have been aware of the Dime Piece Cookout before it went down this past Friday. It was advertised heavily on Twitter for a full month leading up to the event, and organized by a professional ...


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Documents reveal new details about Hope Solo's actions last June   
ESPN
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- It was early in the morning on June 21, 2014, and Hope Solo had just been arrested on two counts of domestic violence. The police were trying to book her into jail, but Solo was so combative that she had to be forced to the ground, ...


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