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Tiger Woods misses cut, his season fizzling
New York Times, Published on 16/08/2015
» Only a handful of people occupied the Kohler skybox near the 18th green before 8am Saturday, but the public grandstand opposite it was full. No matter how ragged his game, Tiger Woods, like any headliner worth his marquee billing, can still command a crowd of everyday fans.
Racist Americans fill Obama's Twitter feed with hate
New York Times, Published on 22/05/2015
» WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama sent his inaugural Twitter post from the Oval Office on Monday, the White House heralded the event with fanfare, posting a photograph of him perched on his desk tapping out his message on an iPhone.
Signs uncertain, but migrant crisis may be abating
New York Times, Published on 27/05/2015
» HONG KONG — No boats of Southeast Asian migrants have landed since the last one washed ashore in Indonesia a week ago. Search and rescue vessels from Malaysia and Indonesia have found no more migrants at sea. Some refugees appear to be returning to Myanmar.
Migrants in Malaysia trading one nightmare for another
New York Times, Published on 26/05/2015
» GELUGOR, MALAYSIA —For Hasinah Ezahar, the three-week sea journey with three of her children from western Myanmar to Malaysia was an endless agony of anxiety, illness, hunger and threats from the smugglers they paid to spirit them abroad.
Dangerous hygeine problems found at LAX airline-food preparer
New York Times, Published on 10/06/2015
» WASHINGTON – A federal inspector on a routine visit to food-service facilities at Los Angeles International Airport in January found conditions that, she wrote, could compromise the safety of food meant for airline passengers.
NY wants sodium warning on menus
New York Times, Published on 11/06/2015
» NEW YORK: New York City has banned trans fats at restaurants, posted calorie counts on menus and tried, unsuccessfully, to limit the size of sodas.
Trade accord, once blocked, nears passage
New York Times, Published on 24/06/2015
» WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's ambitious trade push is back on track, after several near-death moments, in large measure because top Republicans stood by him.
China's island-building ruining coral reefs, Philippines says
New York Times, Published on 14/04/2015
» MANILA – China’s island-building activities have destroyed about 300 acres of coral reefs and are causing “irreversible and widespread damage to the biodiversity and ecological balance” of the South China Sea, a spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said.
Up in smoke
Life, New York Times, Published on 21/04/2015
» Kenny, a high school senior in Weston, Florida, likes to puff e-cigarettes during study sessions with friends after school. James, a senior in Fauquier County, Virginia, uses them outside at lunch with friends who do smoke tricks. Joe, a senior in Jackson, Mississippi, uses them in the morning before class as a coffee-flavoured way to pass the time.
Taxi driver, 92, crashes into house, dies
New York Times, Published on 01/05/2015
» NEW YORK – A 92-year-old taxi driver lost control of his vehicle on Thursday, driving through several lawns, striking multiple mailboxes and ultimately crashing into the living room of a home on Long Island, the police said.