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China Kicks Out 'New York Times' Reporter
December 31, 2012 Reporter Chris Buckley is forced to leave China when his journalist visa is not extended. The case is seen as a sign of an increasingly hard-line stance toward the foreign media.
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NYTimes.com Cuts Free Articles To 10 Per Month, From 20
March 20, 2012 The news outlet says 10 articles and free access to its home page "strikes a better balance between visiting and subscribing."
It's All Politics
Poll: Obama Hits 50% Approval, Leads All GOP Rivals, For Now
February 15, 2012 The poll, released Tuesday, found President Obama's approval rating had bounced back up to 50 percent from 47 percent in January. Not a huge improvement but in presidential politics, getting to at least 50 percent approval is key for an incumbent seeking re-election. The recovering economy gets much of the credit for his rising approval rates.
It's All Politics
Obama Laps GOP Field In Finance-Sector Cash But Shows Weakness Too
October 19, 2011 President Obama is either raising money from the financial sector like a man with many friends and supporters in that field despite his attempts to regulate it. Or, he is losing the money race to Mitt Romney, that veteran of the private-equity world, because of his administration's efforts to clamp down on Wall Street with new regulations.
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Rumsfeld Calls Paul Krugman's Sept. 11 Column 'Repugnant'
September 12, 2011 Krugman wrote that "the memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned" by President George W. Bush and others. Rumsfeld, Bush's Defense secretary, is angry.
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'NYT': Pakistani Spy Agency Ordered Journalist's Killing, U.S. Believes
July 5, 2011 American officials tell the Times that they have intelligence indicating that the ISI wanted to silence Syed Saleem Shahzad and other journalists who worked to expose corruption and ties to terrorist within the Pakistani military.
Blog Of The Nation
What Does Your NPR Smell Like?
June 29, 2011 Inspired by the aroma of his beloved New York Times, the late artist Tobias Wong left behind plans for a fragrance inspired by its olfactory combo of newsprint and black ink. Some friends help his dream become a reality: a candle, "The Times Of New York."
It's All Politics
Log Cabin Leader: Obama Probably Looking At Polls On Gay Marriage
June 27, 2011 The victory for marriage equality legislation in New York has placed in sharp relief the willingness of state lawmakers, particularly Republicans, to openly support same-sex marriage and President Obama's reluctance to do the same on the national stage. (He's publicly for civil union and says his views are "evolving.)
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'Washington Post' Debated 'Undocumented' Reporter's Veracity
June 23, 2011 Some editors did not think Jose Antonio Vargas was giving them the full story, the newspaper reports. His account ended up running in The New York Times Magazine.
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'New York Times' Names New Executive Editor
June 2, 2011 Currently the Times' managing editor, she becomes the first woman in its 160-year history to lead the newspaper. Bill Keller is stepping down to be a full-time writer for the Times.
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'New York Times' Reporter Subpoenaed In Leak Investigation
May 24, 2011 Federal prosecutors say reporter James Risen has information they need about a former CIA operative accused of divulging classified information.
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Bin Laden's Protectors Got Off Relatively Few Shots, 'Times' Reports
May 5, 2011 Administration officials have publicly said the SEAL team's members were engaged in a firefight through most of the 40 minutes they were there. They now say one man fired at the commandos. Others were killed as they resisted; before they could shoot.
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Elizabeth Taylor Outlived One Of Her Obituary Writers
March 23, 2011 The principal writer of her New York Times obituary died in 2005. Mel Gussow was a "longtime critic and cultural reporter" for the newspaper.
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'Shoot Them': Journalists Captured In Libya 'Thought It Was Over'
March 22, 2011 The four New York Times staffers who spent six days in the hands of fighters loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi tell their story today.
