NY TIMES News, Mar 12, 2012

NY Times Style Cop: Eschew These Words! WBUR That phrase is a cliche, and it's one of the many language devices that New York Times style cop, Phillip Corbett, would flag. Corbett is actually the New York Times associate managing editor of standards (and enforcer of the paper's style guide). See all stories on this topic »

At NY Times, the only photo of Gaza fighting that's fit to print American Thinker (blog) On March 12, after three days of fighting between Israel and rocket-firing terrorists in Gaza, the New York Times had ample choices to run one or more pictures to illustrate these events. The Times could have featured pictures of Islamic Jihad and ... See all stories on this topic » American Thinker (blog)

Ford Flex and NY Times Bestselling Author Christian Lander Present Suburban ... WebWire (press release) Attention all Ford Flex fans: Christian Lander, author of the New York Timesbestseller “Stuff White People Like,” is joining the conversation on the Ford Flex Facebook page. Lander is known for his unique way of expressing things, much like Flex ... See all stories on this topic »

NY Times tops WaPo in 'militant' sweepstakes, 9 to 6 American Thinker (blog) The New York Times and the Washington Post have a long history of sanitizing Palestinian terrorists. There may be terrorists elsewhere in the world, like Al-Qaeda for example, but there are no terrorists in Palestinian territories. See all stories on this topic »

Promising Results Found With Core Knowledge Reading Method New York Times By Mary Ann Giordano A new way of teaching reading that has been tested on about 1000 city schoolchildren has shown promising results, Anna M. Phillips reports in The New York Times this Monday morning. Children at 10 schools who were taught reading ... See all stories on this topic »

NY Times Runs Most Anti-Catholic Ad Ever Opposing Views Never has there been a more vicious anti-Catholic advertisement in a prominent American newspaper than the one in today's New York Times by Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The demonization of Catholicism is palpable. The ad blames the Catholic ... See all stories on this topic » Opposing Views

Ford Flex and N.Y. Times Bestselling Author Christian Lander Present Suburban ... 3D Car Shows DEARBORN, Mich., March 12, 2012 – Attention all Ford Flex fans: Christian Lander, author of the New York Times bestseller “Stuff White People Like,” is joining the conversation on the Ford Flex Facebook page. Lander is known for his unique way of ... See all stories on this topic » 3D Car Shows

Larry King to have new talk show on Internet TV funded by billionaire Carlos ... TheCelebrityCafe.com Slim also has investments in the New York Times and the Spanish conglomorate Promotora de Informaciones SA. King spoke to the NY Times, saying that people have told him that they miss his CNN show and that he has grown “restless” because he no longer ... See all stories on this topic »

Taliban Vows Revenge For Shootings; Improving Louisville's Livability; NY ... WFPL That phrase is a cliche, and it's one of the many language devices that New York Times style police, Phillip Corbett, would flag. Corbett is the New York Times associate managing editor of standards (and enforcer of the paper's style guide). See all stories on this topic »

All the news that's fit to tweet Asheville Citizen-Times (blog) It tells you about the pull of SXSW on all industries interested in the cutting-edge when New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson shows up to talk about the Times, Twitter and technology. I arrive early and get a front row seat in the cavernous... See all stories on this topic » Asheville Citizen-Times (blog)

When doctors lie to their patients Minnesota Public Radio (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images) Pauline Chen: A surgeon and frequent contributor to the New York Times Well Blog. More than half of doctor's have described a patient's prognosis more optimistically than warranted and more than 10 percent have said... See all stories on this topic » Minnesota Public Radio

A Crusading Suffragist Is Restored to Church Membership New York Times (blog) Much of what he learned, Mr. Payne said, came from contemporary accounts in The New York Times. Official church chronicles did not mention the episode. “There was apparently a consensus of silence,” he said. The drama played out in the church's former ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Britain and US fear reprisals as Taliban vow revenge for 16 dead The Week UK As the New York Times reports, the tragic incident could not have come at a worse time, hot on the heels of the burning of Korans by US soldiers at a Nato base. "The outrage from the back-to-back episodes ... imperils what the Obama administration once ... See all stories on this topic » The Week UK

Lessons From Another War CASMII by ARTHUR S. BRISBANE (source: NY Times) “WE talk about generals fighting the last war,” said Tim McNulty, who served as foreign editor for The Chicago Tribune during the Iraq war. “I think journalists also do.” Nine years after the start of the Iraq ... See all stories on this topic »

Lauren Conrad Gives a Peek into Her Chanel-filled Closet for The Coveteur becomegorgeous.com Lauren's first two novels, 'LA Candy' and 'Sweet Little Lies' debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Sellers List. Now, the lovely designer and author has two other books in the works and confesses she loves old books. "I got these shoes from Topshop ... See all stories on this topic » becomegorgeous.com

Super-PACs And Elections: Separating Myth From Reality Mondaq News Alerts (registration) See also New York Times columnist Gail Collins asserted that "all these billionaires would not be so worrisome if the Supreme Court had not totally unleashed their donation-making power in the Citizens United case." Gail Collins, Who Wants To Be a ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll: Santorum and Romney Remain Tied - NYTimes.com By By ALLISON KOPICKI Republican primary voters across the country continue to be divided over Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, according to the latest New York Times/CBSNews poll, a split between the front-runners that has remained relatively unchanged over ... The Caucus

CNN in Talks to Acquire Mashable, Sources Say - NYTimes.com By By BRIAN STELTER CNN, a unit of Time Warner, and Mashable are in advanced talks that may lead to an acquisition of the social news Web site, three people with knowledge of the talks said. Media Decoder

A Weekly Roundup of Small-Business News - NYTimes.com By By GENE MARKS Search All NYTimes.com. New York Times ..... compare notes, ask questions, get advice, and learn from one another's mistakes. Its contributors also interpret news events, track political and policy issues, and suggest investing tips. E-mail us » ... You're the Boss

A Reminder of the Danger of City Streets - NYTimes.com By By CLYDE HABERMAN Search All NYTimes.com. New York Times ... It was the sort of news story that is usually buried deep inside the papers, if it is reported at all. A woman named Margaret Myers was ... Clyde Haberman offers his take on the news. Learning of her ... City Room

Monday Motorsports: Tony Stewart Earns First Sprint Cup Win of ... By By JONATHAN SCHULTZ A team of New York Times contributors blogs about news, trends and all things automotive. Check back for insight, photos, reviews of cars and more. And remember to join the conversation — you can comment on the cars, offer your own ... Wheels

6 Q's About the News | Mastering Language After Language ... By By SHANNON DOYNE 6 Q's About the News | How Do Polyglots Use the Internet to Improve Their Proficiency? ... Emily Berl for The New York TimesTimothy posts videos of himself speaking several languages on YouTube. Go to related article » Go to related ... The Learning Network

Monday Reading: All-Inclusive Resorts Get More Sophisticated ... By By ANN CARRNS All-inclusive resorts are getting more sophisticated, what happens when you fail to pay your mortgage on time, pink slime in your child's school lunch and other consumer-focused news from The New York Times. Bucks

Top 10 Stories: Manning, Griffin, Sanchez - NYTimes.com By By ANDY BENOIT The Fifth Down - The New York Times N.F.L. Blog ... This story did not originate with a news outlet following a leak; the N.F.L. itself released the findings of its own investigation. Why would the league release those findings several weeks ... The Fifth Down

Brasserie Pushkin, a Lavish Russian Arrival - NYTimes.com By By FLORENCE FABRICANT Diner's Journal - The New York Times Blog on Dining Out ... The menu is in the style of a fictional newspaper called The Pushkin Telegraph. Classics like sturgeon galantine; blini with salmon roe or sturgeon caviar; and meat in aspic, co-exist ... Diner's Journal

Former NY Times CEO retired with $23 million package | KLEW CBS ... Former NY Times CEO retired with $23 million package. NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Times CEO Janet Robinson retired from the newspaperpublisher late last year with a severance package valued at about $23 million. KATU - News - Business

Why Not a Massacre Tribunal in Afghanistan? - NYTimes.com By By MARK MCDONALD In the village of Panjwai, near the Taliban birthplace of Kandahar, Taimoor and Graham's story said “a reporter for The New York Times who inspected bodies that had been taken to the nearby American military base counted 16 dead, and saw burns on some of the children's legs and heads.” “All the family ... In comments on a news story in the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Omar Z said, “The incidents show that Americans are as savage and uncivilized.'' Aik Ansari from Britain ... IHT Rendezvous

Changing the Shape of Things - Wordplay Blog - New York Times By By DEB AMLEN Changing the Shape of Things. By DEB AMLEN. The composer Phillip Glass, right, at piano, in a performance of his piece Michelle V. Agins/The New York TimesThe composer Phillip Glass, right, at piano, in a performance of his piece “Orion” ... Wordplay

For a Vanderbilt Fan, a Sweet Sunday - NYTimes.com By By TYLER KEPNER From the Bowl Championship Series to March Madness, to news and features about one's alma mater or local collegiate team, The New York Times will take readers inside the world of collegiate athletics with interviews, insights and analysis ... The Quad

NY Times ad accused of 'hate speech' against Catholics By editorsub1 NY Times ad accused of 'hate speech' against Catholics. ... A secularist group's New York Times ad that urges Catholics to leave the Church over its' resistance to the contraception mandate is being called “hate speech” by critics. “Not a single Catholic who reads this ad will be impelled ... Donohue harshly criticized the newspaper ad, saying it engages in a “palpable” demonization of the Catholic Church and uses the HHS mandate as a “pretext” to attack the Church. “Nothing will stop ... CathNewsUSA

Image of the Day: March 12 - India Ink - New York Times By By THE NEW YORK TIMES Image of the Day: March 12. By THE NEW YORK TIMES. A bird looks on as flowers bloom, marking the arrival of spring, in Agartala Sushanta Das/Associated PressA bird looks on as flowers bloom, marking the arrival of spring, in Agartala in the northeastern state of Tripura. E-mail; Print; Recommend; Share Close. Tumblr; Digg; Linkedin; Reddit; Permalink ... LatestNews of India ... India Ink

NBC News to Expand Presence on Radio - NYTimes.com NBC News said Thursday that its radio partner, Dial Global, would soon start to distribute its radio news reports twice every hour to local ... New York Times... mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../nbc-news-to-expand-pres...

Yahoo Warns Facebook of a Potential Patent Fight - NYTimes.com Patent fights are nothing new in Silicon Valley, with the realm of smartphones having become the most visible backdrop ... More New York Times News by Sector ... dealbook.nytimes.com/.../yahoo-warns-facebook-of-a-potentia...

Nardelli Steps Down From Most of His Cerberus Roles - NYTimes.com The New York Times ... Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg NewsRobert L. Nardelli had led a division of Cerberus Capital Management but will now be a senior adviser ... dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/.../nardelli-steps-down-at-cerberu...

Iranian News Media Portray Elections as a Blow to the U.S. ... The Lede - The New York Times News Blog ... One in a series of political cartoons published by the semi-official Fars News Agency Fars News Agency One in a ... thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/.../iranian-news-media-calls-electio...

James Murdoch Gives Up Role at British Unit - New York Times James Murdoch's role at News International has come under scrutiny amid a phone-hacking scandal at the company's tabloids. www.nytimes.com/.../james-murdoch-gives-up-role-at-british-...

Romney Faces Stubborn Question, Despite ... - New York Times News Analysis. Romney Faces Stubborn Question, Despite Victories. Yana Paskova for The New York Times. Mitt Romney was introduced by his wife, Ann, ... www.nytimes.com/.../romney-faces-stubborn-question-despite...

Obama Seeks to End Subsidies for Oil and Gas ... - New York Times Doug Mills/The New York Times. President Obama ... A one-stop destination for the latest political news — from The Times and other top sources. Plus opinion ... www.nytimes.com/.../obama-calls-for-an-end-to-subsidies-for-...

Iranians Vote to Choose New Parliament ... - New York Times Scenes of crowded polling places and voters with ink-stained fingers dominated state television and online news sites as Tehran swung its official and ... www.nytimes.com/2012/.../iran-election-parliament-majlis.htm...

Syrian Forces Tighten Grip in Rebel City Under ... - New York Times The Lede Blog: Spanish Newspaper Reports Correspondent's Escape From.... Saad from Antakya, Turkey, an employee of The New York Times from Beirut, ... www.nytimes.com/.../syrian-troops-reported-pushing-into-besi...

G.M.A.'s Producer Will Oversee ABC News Programming - NYTimes ... New York Times ... G.M.A.'s Producer Will Oversee ABC News Programming... The position, long rumored inside ABC News, will give Mr. Goldston a significant ... mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../gmas-producer-will-overs...

North Koreans Agree to Freeze Nuclear Work ... - New York Times Search All NYTimes.com. New York Times ... Korean Central News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Kim Jong-un met with soldiers from the ... www.nytimes.com/.../us-says-north-korea-agrees-to-curb-nucl...

Poll: Santorum and Romney Remain Tied - NYTimes.com Republican primary voters across the country continue to be divided over Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, according to the latest New York Times/CBSNews ... thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/.../poll-santorum-and-romney-re...

The Breakfast Meeting: James Murdoch Leaves News International ... New York Times ... On the heels of accusations that employees at the NewsCorporation's Sun newspaper were paying off government officials and police... mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../the-breakfast-meeting-ja...

Accord Reached Settling Lawsuit Over BP Oil Spill - New York Times New York Times ... Follow @NYTNational for breaking news and headlines. ...for their dedication and professionalism,” Mr. Dudley said in the news release. www.nytimes.com/.../accord-reached-settling-lawsuit-over-bp-...

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