10 things you need to know today: September 14, 2015

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1. Germany imposes border controls to contain migrant crisis

Germany announced Sunday that it was imposing emergency controls on its border with Austria as it faces a growing flood of migrants and refugees from Syria and other trouble spots. Germany temporarily ordered highway checks and the suspension of train service along the main path that tens of thousands of migrants have used as they try to reach Western Europe to apply for asylum. Germany has pledged to take in more migrants than any of its European partners, but its resources were tested over the weekend as a record 40,000 migrants crossed its borders.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.