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NEW THIS DIGEST: BC-INVESTORS-RECESSION PLAYBOOK, BC-SMALLBIZ-SMALL TALK (Zika), BC-TV-NEW YORKER PRESENTS, BC-BRAZIL-MARACATU CARNIVAL-PHOTO GALLERY.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH-JIM CROW RELICS
People across the South are debating whether to preserve the remnants of their Jim Crow history, from segregated waiting rooms to “whites only” water fountains and long-abandoned schools for black children. By Jay Reeves. SENT: 1,250 words on Feb. 9. Photos, video.
A SOLITARY STORY
NEW YORK — Soon after her arrival at Rikers Island, an argument over who should clean a jailhouse shower sent Candie Hailey to solitary confinement. It was the first time, but it would not be the last. A string of misbehaviors — fighting, cursing, spitting, disobeying orders — kept adding to her time in the “bing.” Of the more than three years she served in jail awaiting trial on attempted murder charges, Hailey spent close to two-and-a-half tumultuous years in a tiny solitary cell where she tried suicide eight times. At a time when everyone from President Obama to state lawmakers are questioning the long-term effects of solitary as the punishment for hard-to-handle inmates, the AP examines one woman’s story. In the eight months since Hailey was acquitted, she has struggled to resume a normal life and break free from the trauma of her confinement. By Jake Pearson. SENT: 2,400 words on Feb. 9. Abridged version and glance planned. Advance for print release Tuesday, Feb. 16. Photos, video, interactive.
FOR THIS WEEK (for immediate release except as noted):
INVESTORS-RECESSION PLAYBOOK
If we are indeed in the midst of a recession — and we won’t know we’re in one until well after the fact — stocks have a long way down to go. Here’s how to manage your savings and investments if dark times are upon us. By Stan Choe. SENT: 900 words on Feb. 11. Photos.
SYRIAN REFUGEES-SCARS OF WAR
Mental health experts say Syrian refugees and asylum seekers will need treatment for conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder as they begin to arrive in the U.S. in greater numbers this year. By Philip Marcelo. SENT: 830 words on Feb. 10. Photos, video.
SOMALI REFUGEES-MAINE
Though the first Somali refugees moved to the former milling city of Lewiston, Maine, 15 years ago and sparked a backlash, complete with a white supremacist rally, today the newcomers are largely accepted, showing how much has changed in the nation’s whitest state. By David Sharp. SENT: 1,040 words on Feb. 9. Photos, video.
ZIKA VIRUS-STREET GANGS
For health workers battling Zika across much of Central America, the immediate menace is not the mosquitoes that transmit the virus — it’s the gangsters that control the streets, and sometimes threaten their lives. By Christopher Sherman. SENT: 980 words on Feb. 10. Photos.
SMALLBIZ-SMALL TALK
News about the Zika virus has phones ringing at many small businesses. By Joyce Rosenberg. SENT: 700 words on Feb. 11. Photos.
BUYBACKS-LOSING BILLIONS
If you think your stocks are doing poorly, check out the performance of some of the most sophisticated investors, the ones with more knowledge about what’s going on inside businesses than anyone else: Companies that buy their own shares. They’re losing big. By Bernard Condon. SENT: 1,000 words on Feb. 9. Photos.
With:
BC-BUYBACKS-LOSING BILLIONS-GLANCE — 5 companies that lost the most buying back their own shares. SENT: 100 words.
PALESTINIANS DOCTOR
After Dr. Saleem Haj-Yahia performed the first-ever successful artificial heart transplant in the West Bank last month, he was greeted with flowers, balloons and cheering crowds and publicly praised by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. SENT: 660 words on Feb. 9. Photos.
GRAND JURY-OFFICER STATEMENT
Georgia is considering changing its unique law that gives officers accused in use-of-force cases the chance to testify on their own behalf before grand juries weighing charges against them — without being questioned by a prosecutor. SENT: 800 words on Feb. 9. Photos.
JAPAN-2020 PROBLEM
On the face of it, hosting the 2020 Olympics is a big win for Japan at a time when its economy seems besieged by intractable problems. But for some, 2020 is another manifestation of what has been going wrong in Japan for decades. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 900 words on Feb. 9. Photos.
TV-NEW YORKER PRESENTS
After working 18 years at “The Daily Show,” Kahane Cooperman had only a weekend off last summer before starting a new job creating and running Amazon’s video version of The New Yorker magazine. Now she considers it a blessing because it afforded her no time to be intimidated. First episodes of the series are released on Tuesday. By AP Television Writer David Bauder. UPCOMING: 650 words on Feb. 12. Photos.
GRAMMYWATCH-MICK JAGGER
Though he’s won multiple Grammys for his music, this year Mick Jagger is nominated for producing. His documentary he produced on James Brown is nominated for best music film at Sunday’s Grammys, where it will battle critically acclaimed documentaries on Amy Winehouse and Nina Simone. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. UPCOMING: 300 words on Feb. 12. Photos.
DOG SHOW-URBAN BREEDERS
Big-city dwellers face substantial obstacles in aiming to breed dogs like those competing at next week’s Westminster Kennel Club show. SENT: 810 words on Feb. 11. Photos.
BRAZIL-MARACATU CARNIVAL-PHOTO GALLERY
Pernambuco’s unique carnival in maracatu’s cradle. SENT: 250 words, with 18 photos, highlighted XSI301
EGYPT-JUMPING DONKEY-PHOTO GALLERY
Jumping donkey leaps to fame in Egyptian village. SENT: 290 words on Feb. 9. Photos.
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