2015年9月9日 星期三

2015-09-10 U.S. Spotlight


The Guardian
   
Burning Man founder: 'Black folks don't like to camp as much as white folks'   
The Guardian
Burning Man founder Larry Harvey has countered criticism of the lack of racial diversity at the festival by saying that part of the reason there are so few black attendees (known as burners) is that “I don't think black folks like to camp as much as ...

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When you see that drowned Syrian boy, you should see the United States ...   
Vox
The human tragedies of this summer's refugee crisis are beginning to feel unbearable. Yesterday, photographs of a drowned Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach shocked the world. His name was Aylan Kurdi. He was 3 years old, and ...


   


New York Times
   
A Doctor at His Daughter's Hospital Bed   
New York Times
Omaha — I'VE been watching the monitor for hours. Natalie's asleep now and I'm worried about her pulse. It's edging above 140 beats per minute again and her blood oxygen saturation is becoming dangerously low. I'm convinced that she's slipping into ...


   


Training Camp Believe it or Not: Is Brady now a top-five QB?   
CBSSports.com
Preseason games are completed and we are less than a week away from football games that count. There isn't generally much that matters in the final week of the preseason but we do have some interesting happenings to analyze. Of course, the Tom Brady ...


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When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job?   
Washington Post
Can your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job? This is one of the questions in the Kentucky County Clerk marriage certificate case. But it also arises in lots of other cases — for instance, the Muslim flight attendant who doesn't ...

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New York Times
   
Adult, Autistic and Ignored   
New York Times
TWO months before she died of pancreatic cancer in November 2010, my normally strong, stoical mother broke down weeping in my arms over the fate of my autistic older brother. Institutionalized for over 40 years, Joshua, then 55, was in a stable ...

   


Fox News
   
Police recover 'significant' new evidence in hunt for killers of a northern ...   
Fox News
Investigators revealed Friday they found “significant” new evidence in a wooded, marshy area where a northern Illinois police officer was gunned down during a pursuit of three suspicious men. The discovery came after investigators used weed trimmers ...

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What have Bush, Clinton learned from voters' attraction to the outsiders?   
Washington Post
At the beginning of this year, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania sponsored a focus group in the Denver suburbs composed of a dozen adults — Republicans, Democrats and independents. Looking back almost nine months ...


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USA TODAY
   
It's the last weekend for fantasy football drafts. Take this with you.   
USA TODAY
This is the final weekend of fantasy football drafting left before the 2015 NFL regular season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 10. That means the window for getting in the know is closing. Don't have the free time to get on top of everything? Not a problem ...

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BBC News
   
The star pupil who scored zero in all her exams   
BBC News
Egyptian student Mariam Malak says she's a victim of corruption and fraud. Image copyright AL-Hayat TV channel Image caption Egyptian student Mariam Malak says she's a victim of corruption and fraud. Thousands rallied behind a top-ranked student who ...


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