Ferguson and Other Cities React to Grand Jury Decision Not to Indict Darren Wilson
Date: 24 November 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Adner Marcelin, a spokesman for the lawyers for the Brown family, said that prosecutors had notified the family that the grand jury had reached a decision and that it would be announced Monday after 5 p.m. Central Time.
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Brown Family's Lawyer Criticizes Process
Date: 23 November 2014
By MITCH SMITH
Mitch SMITH
A lawyer representing the family of Michael Brown again called the grand jury process reviewing the shooting “completely unfair” in an interview on Sunday with ABC News.
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Mistrust Threatens Delicate Balance at a Sacred Site in Jerusalem
Date: 23 November 2014
By JODI RUDOREN
Jodi RUDOREN
News analysis; struggle over site in Old City of Jerusalem, known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary, is not over semantics but over sovereignty; as more and more Jews challenge Israel’s prohibition on their prayer in their religion’s most sacred space, many Palestinians fear that what they really want is to take over entire compound and replace its Dome of the Rock with third temple.
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Slate’s Former Top Editor Takes Helm at Travel Site
Date: 24 November 2014
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
Leslie KAUFMAN
David Plotz, former editor in chief of online magazine Slate, is now the chief executive of little-known travel website Atlas Obscura.
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Asia’s ‘Big Guy’ Spreads Cash and Seeks Influence in Pacific Region
Date: 23 November 2014
By JANE PERLEZ
Jane PERLEZ
News analysis; Chinese Pres Xi Jinping visits Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, bestowing largess in effort to assert country as dominant economic power and strategic partner in Asia; is planning to spend $70 billion on loans and infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region.
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Studying for the Test by Taking It
Date: 23 November 2014
By BENEDICT CAREY
Benedict CAREY
News analysis; research supports those parents and teachers protesting standardized testing increasingly common in schools across nation; experiments show that giving students tests of varying length and intensity, going beyond just basic assessment, can deepen learning experience and create more deeply embedded memories of subject matter.
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Fellowship or Internship? In Media, the Definition Has Become Fluid
Date: 24 November 2014
By KATHERINE BINDLEY
Katherine BINDLEY
Media outlets have taken role of internships and repackaged them as fellowships, largely a semantic shift; some editors say distinction between an internship and a fellowship is very real in terms of learning experience, offering more of a pipeline for a permanent position, but critics say lines are increasingly blurred.
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Good News on Energy
Date: 24 November 2014
By RALPH CAVANAGH
Ralph CAVANAGH
Op-Ed article by policy expert Ralph Cavanagh examines positive trends in energy efficiency, reduced carbon emissions and renewable energy, in light of new greenhouse gas agreement between the United States and China; notes despite grumbling, US has steadily reduced its total energy use since 2007, and that economic growth has strongly outpaced increases in consumption.
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The Conflict and the Coverage
Date: 23 November 2014
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
Margaret SULLIVAN
Margaret Sullivan The Public Editor column addresses charges from readers on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that coverage from The New York Times is biased.
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