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May 7, 2012

NY TIMES News, May 07, 2012

Irish austerity policy is a complete failure says NY Times Krugman
IrishCentral
Ireland, as the poster boy for austerity policies in Europe, is a complete failure, says Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Nobel Economics prize winner. Writing after austerity candidates had lost in elections in France and Greece, ...
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Could there be four 'Avatar' films?
Mother Nature Network (blog)
In a NY Times interview, Director James Cameron opens up on the future of his blockbuster scifi franchise. Wondering when the second and third "Avatar" films might hit theaters? Go ahead and add a potential fourth to that list.
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Mother Nature Network (blog)
Cuomo unveils new protective agency for disabled
Albany Times Union (blog)
That was a problem revealed in a lengthy series last year in the NY Times about abuse of the disabled, and one of the parents of a disabled child in the Tupper Lake area recounted some of his travails in trying to stop abuse of his son, ...
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Albany Times Union (blog)
Media Digest (5/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT
24/7 Wall St.
Voters in Greece and France turn away from German austerity measures set for the region's weakest nations. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) moves into the home monitoring market. (Reuters) Ally Financial falls back into financial trouble.
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Caught Stealing a Stadium Seat, and Other Reader Tales
New York Times
DEAR DIARY: My wife and I decided at the last minute to attend this year's Mets home opener, at Citi Field. We took the train from Manhattan and arrived just before the game started. We waited on line for tickets and were pleased to get two good seats, ...
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James Cameron focused on Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and maybe more
Examiner.com
Speaking with the NY Times in an interview published Saturday, Cameron summarizing his last 16 years. “I've divided my time over the last 16 years over deep ocean exploration and filmmaking. I've made two movies in 16 years, and I've done eight ...
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*Alice Randall has written and interesting essay/article for the NY Times on fat black women. Randall notes that FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. And one out of four middle-aged black women has diabetes. She thinks what's really ...
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Will 'Avatar 3' Be James Cameron's Final Non-documentary Movie?
Movies With Butter (blog)
In an interview with the NY Times (via Collider), Cameron said that he had disbanded the development arm of his production company last year because he's no longer interested in producing other people's movies and that his only focus going forward are ...
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Family Dinners At The White House
WBUR
Below, PRK contributor Anne Fishel speaks with reporter Jodi Kantor of the NY Times about the Obamas' commitment to a perfunctory but increasingly challenging activity for many American families – eating dinner together. Jodi Kantor, a New York Times ...
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Should movie stars rebut the critics?
RedEye Chicago (blog)
That's why Jackson tweeted last week, “NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let's help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do!” in response to the Times' review of the film, which is far from an all-encompassing slam. Scott merely resists the need ...
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Snapchat Automatically Sets Your Sexts to Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds or Less
Gizmodo
And as the NY Times points out, there's nothing stopping someone from taking a photo of their screen (besides having an actual life). Still though, it's better than nothing, I suppose. [iTunes via NY Times]
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On the Market: Huguette Clark's Clan Cashes In; Super-Tall Hotel Near WTC ...
New York Observer
[NY Times] Labor unions deploy giant rat in LIC, target TF Cornerstone. [DNAinfo] Coney institutions Nathan's and Lola Starr fight over facade paint. [NY Post] A heated debate about bike-on-subway etiquette. [Brownstoner] How the city ruined Jane ...
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Paul Krugman on Austerity
Live Trading News
In a new book released this week, Krugman, a columnist at TheNY-Times, contended the US was in a state of “depression,” though 1 less dire than the Great Depression of the 1930′s, an assertion that runs counter to most economists' views that the ...
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High Tide: From Clinton Imploring India To A Cancer Drug Shortage
Wall Street Journal (blog)
(Wall Street Journal, NBC New York, NY Times, AP) Tanzania's president fired six government ministers amid allegations of corruption. (BBC) Zambia confirmed it banned soccer players for fixing matches. Meanwhile, 33 players were acquitted in Zimbabwe.
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Times captures 4 awards in news industry contest
Marietta Times
Entries were judged by editors from The Washington (DC) Post, Division V; The New York (NY) Times Syndicate, Division IV; the News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky., and the Kileen (Texas) Daily Herald, Division III; The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va., ...
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Marketing Lessons Learned From The Record-Breaking Success of 'The Avengers ...
mediabistro.com
Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the film, went on Twitter to voice his opinion about the mostly negative review from NY Times critic AO Scott, calling for his ouster, but knowing it would never happen. And the Pentagon had an issue with the ...
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Food for Thought from Tyler Cowen
Sustainable Business Forum
He contributes to the Sunday NY Times business section. His interests are wide ranging (see this Grantland column on the end of football) and he seems to read every nonfiction book that matters. His short ebook, The Great Stagnation: How America Ate ...
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Star takes second in General Excellence in competition
Marion Star
Entries were judged by editors from The Washington (DC) Post, Division V; The New York (NY) Times Syndicate, Division IV; the News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky., and the Kileen (Texas) Daily Herald, Division III; The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va., ...
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Deals of the Day: Reasons to Buy Facebook
Wall Street Journal (blog)
[NY Times] London calling: A ray of hope has emerged in the depressed City jobs market as investment banks, buoyed by better results, have stepped up hiring in some parts of their operations. [FT.com] Volcker rule: The Fed's attempt to clarify the ...
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Weekend Round-Up: Henry Blodget (Sort of) Apologizes and The New York Times ...
New York Observer
[NY Times] BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith said that one of the biggest challenges facing the site is that advertisers have become so good at making content that he's competing with his own advertisers for readers. Maybe the problem is the readers, ...
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LETTER: Weaver Challenges Tsongas and Olver on Tuition Costs
Patch.com
According to the NY Times, the average cost of college tuition has almost tripled in the same period. Richard Vedder of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity states that with more government aid, the tuition is increased.
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Cast Your Vote in Our $640 Million Avengers Smackdown: Work of Genius or Piece ...
Forbes
“#Avengers fans,NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let's help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do! Does any of this matter? The box office performance of the roundly-reviled Transformers series would suggest no. But The Avengers producers ...
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Review named top newspaper in Ohio
The Review
Entries were judged by editors from The Washington (DC) Post, Division V; The New York (NY) Times Syndicate, Division IV; the News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky., and the Kileen (Texas) Daily Herald, Division III; and The Daily Times, Marysville, ...
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The $640 Million Avengers Smackdown: Work of Genius or Piece of Garbage?
Forbes
“#Avengers fans,NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let's help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do! Enough about us. What do you think? Righteous or Wretched? Cast your vote in our Quipol or add your comment below. Please follow me on Twitter ...
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Williams Trading Co. Now Distributing '50 Shades' Trilogy
XBIZ
"Fifty Shades of Grey," the first book in a trilogy that currently sits atop of TheNY Times Best Sellers List (Print and E-book editions combined), is penned by EL James. The book's phenomenal success is comparable to that of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci ...
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From ABC News and Univision, an English-Language Channel for ...
By By BRIAN STELTER
The channel - as yet unnamed - would start sometime in the first half of 2013 and include lifestyle, entertainment and health-related programming in addition to traditional news shows.
Media Decoder
News Quiz | May 7, 2012 - NYTimes.com
By By TIFFANY FRASIER
See what you know about the news of the day. ... Students can respond to our Opinion questions, take our News Quizzes, learn the Word of the Day, try our Test Yourself questions, complete a Fill-In or read our Poetry Pairings. Join the...
The Learning Network
A Weekly Roundup of Small-Business News - NYTimes.com
By By GENE MARKS
Plus: a two-second pitch, battle of the Pauls, restaurants perform, and are entrepreneurs fleeing?
You're the Boss
Video of Crackdown on Moscow Protesters - NYTimes.com
By By ROBERT MACKEY
Another Svoboda News clip showed Mr. Nemtsov being confronted by the security forces outside Jean-Jacques on Monday. As my colleague Glenn Kates noted on Twitter, the police also raided and emptied out the John Donne pub, another ...
The Lede
Morning Walkabout - 5/7: Amtrak's iPhones and Heathrow Wait ...
By By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A daily capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors. ... In Transit is a blog on travel news, deals and tips, written by the editors and reporters of the Travel section. It's also the home for Globespotters, a travel blog that coversnews ...
In Transit
Monday Reading: Getting Travel Refunds if the Price Drops ...
By By ANN CARRNS
Getting travel refunds if the price drops, how medical debts can stain your credit history, coupon-clipping your way to economic rebirth and other consumer-focused news from The New York Times.
Bucks
New York Times Presidential Battleground State Ratings Explained ...
By By JEFF ZELENY
Al Qaeda on the Media. Presidents and congressmen, press secretaries and campaign managers, everyone seems to have a view of the news media these days, and usually not a positive one. Add to the list Osama bin Laden and his circle.
The Caucus
Winners announced in 2011 APSO newspaper contest | The ...
By Staff Reports
Entries were judged by editors from The Washington (D.C.) Post, Division V; The New York (N.Y.) Times Syndicate, Division IV; the News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown, Ky., and the Kileen (Texas) Daily Herald, Division III; The Dominion Post, ...
The Madison-Press
Morning Buzz: A Crackdown at the Turnstiles - NYTimes.com
By By HANNAH MIET
[Daily News]. Governor Cuomo and the leaders of the Legislature are considering plans for stronger oversight and more control over the New York Racing Association, after a state report showed the association cheated bettors out of $8 ...
City Room
Battle of the Beards - NYTimes.com
By By PAUL KRUGMAN
Death of a Fairy Tale. By PAUL KRUGMAN. The good news first: people are finally admitting that austerity measures are not working. Now the bad news: there seems to be little prospect of a near-term course change.
Paul Krugman
Kids Draw the News | Epic Brawl Depicted - NYTimes.com
Children's illustrations of the spectacular brawl in the Tap Room of the New York Athletic Club and their next drawing assignment: the "Pharaoh Bloomberg"...
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/.../kids-draw-the-news-epic-brawl...
Seacrest's Role at NBCUniversal Will Span News, Sports and ...
On the "Today" show, Ryan Seacrest will be a special correspondent, under his new two-year "multi-platform" agreement. He also will report from the Olympics ...
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../seacrests-role-at-nbcunive...
Small Gain in Newspaper Circulations, Aided by Digital ...
Sunday newspaper circulation increased by a surprisingly robust 5 percent, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, while daily circulation increased less ...
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../newspaper-circulations-h...
NY Times' Bill Keller: 'Fox News Is Murdoch's Most Toxic Legacy ...
Rupert Murdoch has not exactly gotten the best press lately. Since last summer, he has been embroiled in scandal over phone hacking that took place at ...
www.mediaite.com/.../ny-times-bill-keller-fox-news-is-murdoc...
From ABC News and Univision, an English-Language Channel for ...
The channel - as yet unnamed - would start sometime in the first half of 2013 and include lifestyle, entertainment and health-related programming in addition to ...
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../from-abc-news-and-univi...
NY Times writer defends Church teachings in online series ...
Washington D.C., Apr 25, 2012 / 02:04 am (CNA).- New York Times writer Ross Douthat has defended Catholic theological and moral teachings, in a series of ...
www.catholicnewsagency.com/.../ny-times-writer-defends-chu...
Murdoch Responds in Internal News Corp. Memo - NYTimes.com
Mr. Murdoch tells his staff that the company "has done the most difficult part."
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/.../murdoch-responds-in-inte...
Apple Evades Billions in Corporate Taxes, NY Times ... - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: The New York Times accused Apple of evading billions of dollars in taxes by setting up subsidiary companies in tax-free or low-tax states...
news.yahoo.com/apple-evades-billions-corporate-taxes-ny-tim...
When Good Movies Are Bad News - NYTimes.com
Why the news that the "The Avengers" is pretty good fills me with a creeping dread.
douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/.../when-good-movies-are-bad-ne...
NY Times columnists rap Vatican move to reform LCWR : News ...
Two New York Times columnists, Nicholas Kristof and Maureen Dowd, have weighed in against the Vatican's plan for reform of the Leadership Conference of ...
www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid..
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