2015年11月5日 星期四

2015-11-06 U.S. Spotlight


Taste of Country
   
Joey + Rory Call on Fans for Prayer Vigil   
Taste of Country
In October 2008, just four months after 'Can You Duet' ended, Joey + Rory hit up the red carpet at the ASCAP Country Music Awards. Joey + Rory Feek are asking fans all over the world to participate in a prayer vigil for Joey as she continues to battle ...

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Today.com
   
Carey Burgess speaks out against school's 'too short' skirt dress-code violation   
Today.com
When you hear that a teenage girl was threatened with suspension from school for an inappropriate outfit, this probably isn't what you picture: a young woman — who happens to be the student body president, a junior marshal, and a recipient of South ...


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Why Does the (White) Lower Middle Class Vote Republican?   
Huffington Post
a year voted for John McCain. The Pew Research Center reported that, during the 2012 election, the GOP held a 54 percent to 37 per cent advantage over Democrats among whites without a college degree -- which correlates with income at a lower level.

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The Economist
   
The great chain of being sure about things   
The Economist
The technology behind bitcoin lets people who do not know or trust each other build a dependable ledger. This has implications far beyond the cryptocurrency. Oct 31st 2015 | From the print edition. Timekeeper. Add this article to your reading list by ...

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New York Times
   
A Mass Migration Crisis, and It May Yet Get Worse   
New York Times
SID, Serbia — They arrived in an unceasing stream, 10,000 a day at the height, as many as a million migrants heading for Europe this year, pushing infants in strollers and elderly parents in wheelchairs, carrying children on their shoulders and life ...

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The Tennessean
   
Fred Thompson, with larger-than-life persona, dies at 73   
The Tennessean
Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee, GOP presidential candidate, Watergate attorney and actor who starred on the television drama "Law and Order," died on Sunday in Nashville. He was 73. Mr. Thompson died after a recurrence of ...


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TIME
   
Airport Security in the Philippines Have Been Putting Bullets in Luggage to ...   
TIME
The job of airport security is to confiscate dangerous items from suitcases, but travellers have recently found the opposite is true in the Philippines' Manila Airport, where staff have allegedly been dropping bullets into the bags of unsuspecting ...

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Fox News
   
Woman banned from boarding flight for 'inappropriate' short skirt   
Fox News
A young woman was pulled aside while boarding a plane because airline officials deemed her attire to be “inappropriate” for flying. The Mirror reports that the woman was attempting to catch a domestic flight in India, when a number of male employees ...

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New York Times
   
In Arbitration, a 'Privatization of the Justice System'   
New York Times
Deborah L. Pierce, an emergency room doctor in Philadelphia, was optimistic when she brought a sex discrimination claim against the medical group that had dismissed her. Respected by colleagues, she said she had a stack of glowing evaluations and ...


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CBS News
   
Heroin in the Heartland   
CBS News
The following script is from "Heroin in the Heartland" which aired on November 1, 2015. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Tom Anderson and Michelle St. John, producers. Federal and local authorities all over the country say it's the biggest drug ...

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