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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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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Richard Eder, Arts Critic and Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 82
Date: 22 November 2014
By BRUCE WEBER
Bruce WEBER
Richard Eder, former foreign correspondent for The New York Times who became film and drama critic there and eventually won Pulitzer Prize for his book reviews in The Los Angeles Times, dies at age 82.
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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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Shares Extend Gains on Overseas Economic News
Date: 22 November 2014
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Stocks cap week that already had several record highs by delivering a couple more.
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