What We're Reading
Date: 19 December 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Nicole Perlroth, Lydia Polgreen and others.
Replaying Friday, December 19, 2014
The December 19, 2014 was a Friday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 352 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 11 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, December 19, 2025, 161 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, December 19, 2026, in 203 days. You have lived for 4,179 days, or about 100,316 hours, or about 6,018,991 minutes, or about 361,139,460 seconds.
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19th of December 2014 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 19, 2014
Nikki Finke, Hollywood Chronicler, Said to Be in Talks With Politico
Date: 20 December 2014
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
A Diplomatic Triumph in Cuba Comes With a Challenge in North Korea
Date: 19 December 2014
By DAVID E. SANGER
David SANGER
News analysis; Communist nations of Cuba and North Korea are posing two different challenges for Pres Obama; holds that while Cuba is newest experiment in integration, North Korea is escalating confrontation with United States in innovative way with easily deniable cyberwarfare.
Pakistan’s Old Curse
Date: 20 December 2014
By DECLAN WALSH
Declan WALSH
News analysis; mass killing of at least 132 Pakistani schoolchildren by Taliban gunmen has, for the first time, united Pakistani society against the Taliban; Pakistanis from across the country are speaking out forcefully against militant threat and religious parties and ultraconservative politicians are publicly shunning Taliban; demonstrations have so far been small but widespread.
University of Virginia Officials Criticize Media Coverage
Date: 20 December 2014
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Richard PÉREZ-PEÑA
University of Virginia officials criticize media coverage of discredited gang rape story that damaged college's reputation; say they are doing everything in their power to make the campus safer.
Obama's News Conference: What to Expect
Date: 19 December 2014
By FIRST DRAFT
First DRAFT
President Obama will be giving his final news conference of the year momentarily, before he heads off on his Hawaiian holiday.
President's End-of-the-Year News Conference
Date: 19 December 2014
By FIRST DRAFT
First DRAFT
President Obama will hold question-and-answer session later today, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. It is the first time Mr. Obama will face reporters at the White House since Nov. 5