NY TIMES News, Feb 13, 2012

Long Neglected, Camps in Kabul Get a Deluge of Aid New York Times In all, The New York Times has confirmed the deaths of 28 children in the camps since mid-January. Charitable groups working in the camps confirmed a major increase in donations. “People are writing from all over the country wanting to send their ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Apple Announces Independent Factory Inspections New York Times (blog) ... last month by The New York Times. Last week, coordinated protests of worker abuses occurred at Apple stores around theworld. Since 2007, Apple has released a yearly audit report detailing labor violations and unsafe conditions among its suppliers. See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

The Maldives, a 'G-Rated Thailand,' No Paradise For Citizens New York Times (blog) By THE NEW YORK TIMES Dinuka Liyanawatte/ReutersSupporters of the ousted Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed march during a protest in Male, Maldives, Feb. 8, 2012. Much of the world views the Maldives as a “kind of G-rated Thailand,” writes Vikas ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Feb. 13, 1935 | Lindbergh Baby Kidnapper Found Guilty of Murder New York Times (blog) By THE LEARNING NETWORK Library of Congress New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection Bruno Richard Hauptmann after being questioned in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Though he proclaimed his innocence, Hauptmann was found guilty of ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

For Iraqis, Aid to Rebels in Syria Repays a Debt New York Times This weekend, Al Qaeda's ideological leadership and, more troublingly, the more mainstream Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, called for jihadists around the world to fight Mr. Assad's government. Nowhere is the cross-border nature of ... See all stories on this topic »

Study Finds News Sites Fail to Aim Ads at Users New York Times “The vision has to be,” he said, “how do you bring P.& G. or Clorox to the digital world?” Of the news sites surveyed, those that used the most user-focused technology were Yahoo, The New York Times and CNN. The rest of the sites, which included Fox ... See all stories on this topic »

If you read what the NY Times says about Swiss banks, take time to read what ... GenevaLunch GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This is an appeal to intelligent readers, and I know there are many out there, to at least reflect on the other side of the story if you've read the New York Times editorial published Friday 10 February on US pressure on Swiss ... See all stories on this topic »

Being Alone Together New York Times Two recent New York Times articles, “Alone Again, Naturally” by Dominique Browning and “One's a Crowd” by Eric Klinenberg, extol the virtues and perks of living alone. While Browning theorized that women have an easier time living alone than men, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Asian Stocks Lure Global Investors New York Times BEIJING — If the World Bank is correct, 2012 will be the second-weakest year for the global economy in a decade, at a level consistent with a worldrecession that like the 2008-9 financial crisis, will not spare Asia. Its sister organization ... See all stories on this topic »

Playbook: Economic mood music Politico 1 source of state and local revenue for the first time in history. At the end of last year, federal aid fell, and the sales tax regained its position as the No. 1 way states get money.” http://usat.ly/xWShqm REAL WORLD -- NY Times1-col. lead, ... See all stories on this topic »

What to Do About 'Coming Apart' New York Times (blog) His argument immediately provoked intense arguments – one notable exchange took place in the New York Review of Books between Murray and Christopher Jencks of the sociology department at Harvard. There is no question that “Losing Ground” was ... See all stories on this topic »

Memories of Whitney Houston — From One of Her Songwriters New York Times (blog) ... touched music lovers the world over — including one of her song writers, Fort Greene resident Gordon Chambers. Gordon Chambers is a Grammy-award–winning songwriter who worked several times with Whitney Houston, who died last week in Los Angeles. See all stories on this topic »

The Day: Pastor Locks Himself In Lafayette Avenue Church New York Times (blog) If so, e-mail us at bklocal@nytimes.com. We'll share your lip-lock locations with our readers. The New York Post had a big story this morning about the coming parkopalypse at Bruce Ratner's Barclays Center. The 1100-car temporary lot between Carlton ... See all stories on this topic »

Harry Belafonte gets fired up over Obama while speaking at St. Sabina Chicago Sun-Times “I find myself at this time of my life with a lot of questions I thought we had answered,” said Belafonte, who was born in Harlem, NY in 1927, was the first African-American man ever to win an Emmy Award and was a key confidant to Martin Luther King ... See all stories on this topic »

A.M. Roundup: Testing the new lines Albany Times Union (blog) Here are headlines from the morning and weekend… If you re-ran the 2010 vote through the proposed 2012 lines, the majority parties in both the Assembly and Senate would increase their control, an analysis finds. (NY World) Alan Chartock on ... See all stories on this topic » Albany Times Union (blog)

Newsweek's Potty Mouth Causing 'Minor Firestorm' New York Magazine The New York Times reports today that organizations like PBS and NPR offer free Newsweek subscriptions as gifts for donors, a few of whom do not appreciate quotes like this one from Samuel L. Jackson, as featured in the January 23 issue: "The president ... See all stories on this topic » New York Magazine

Tracking terror New York Post If you're wondering why a new poll shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support the NYPD, despite the best efforts of The New York Times and the Associated Press to damn the cops as Muslim-bashing brownshirts, consider Thursday's guilty plea by New ... See all stories on this topic » New York Post

What Happened to the Pants? New York Times NEW YORK — America sent the liberated woman striding forward in a man's world, wearing power pants. This lean, dynamic figure was once a fixture on New York runways. But halfway through the autumn/winter 2012 season — where have all the trousers gone? See all stories on this topic »

Secrets of iPad publishing revealed at Webstock New Zealand Herald As her Webstock profile says, prior to joining Method, Jennifer was the interaction designer for several of the New York Times' web, mobile, and tablet products including The Opinion Pages and Opinionator, NYTimesReal Estate Search for iPhone, ... See all stories on this topic »

Liverpool finally show some leadership Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) One step at a time, eh? The handshake that never was made the pages of John W Henry's local Boston Herald though, while the New York Times carried a piece that opened "if the Fenway Sports Group is to be the responsible team owner in soccer that it has ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)

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Canadian athletes own the podium Canada.com In one day of competition at various world championships, World Cup, Dew Tour and Four Continents events, Canadian athletes hit the podium 12times on Sunday. There were three golds, seven silvers and two bronzes. From Thursday through Sunday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ogilvy & Mather Staffs Up in Social Media and Youth Marketing New York Times (blog) Ogilvy & Mather, which is part of WPP, the world's largest ad-agency holding company, is to announce the formation of the social media unit, called Social@Ogilvy, on Monday morning. The other unit, Ogilvy Youth, is in a nascent stage, or, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Steel, Nationality & Competing for the US Open Cup The Shin Guardian In 1955, Eintracht SC of East New York defeated Los Angeles Danish American SC of South California 2 -0 in the Rancho La Cienga Staidum in Los Angeles. In the history of the US Open Cup competition, the all time winners of the cup (Bethlehem Steel and ... See all stories on this topic » The Shin Guardian

On Ellis Island, Examining Those Who Arrived Before and After New York Times (blog) By SAM ROBERTS Michael Nagle for The New YorkTimesThe Ellis Island Immigration Museum is expanding its scope to include all immigrants, not just who arrived on the island. Officials of Ellis Island estimate that as many as one in three Americans can ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Five Questions with Pleasantville's Will Shortz The Daily Mount Pleasant by Robert Michelin (email) 8 hours ago PLEASANTVILLE, NY – Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times, calls the Village of Pleasantville home. Shortz, an avid table tennis player, opened The Westchester Table Tennis Center in ... See all stories on this topic »

Timothy Boyd: Master of Space and Time University at Buffalo The Spectrum From attending college in Amherst, Mass. to teaching classes in Amherst,NY, Boyd has employed his passion for learning and bestowed it onto his students – one year at a time. "One of Dr. Boyd's greatest assets is his innate ability to understand ... See all stories on this topic »

A Civil War Story Madison County Courier Two years after his birth Finney's family moved to Oneida County—a virtual wilderness at that time. Later his family moved to the wilds of Jefferson County. Orimel C. Gillette was born in 1835 in Shelby, NY but grew up in Western [ville]. See all stories on this topic » Madison County Courier

Police Union Seeks Data for Cancer Links to 9/11 New York Times 11, 2001, Police Officer Alonzo Harris rushed to the World Trade Center to try to evacuate people from the burning towers. When the first tower collapsed, he dove beneath a parked car as thick plumes of dust and debris blotted out the sun. See all stories on this topic »

Women take Olympic boxing dreams into the ring Los Angeles Times That's because top-seeded Queen Underwood, a five-timenational champion, is also on that side of the bracket and will get the Mayer-Porter winner should she beat Bertha Aracil of Yonkers, NY, in her opener "Everyone here is an excellent fighter," said ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Exclusive Interview: Fashion and Celebrity Photographer, Andrew Walker Examiner.com Walker has photographed some of the very best runway, parties, and backstage events at New York's Fashion Week for the past five years, in addition to some of the world's most high profile red carpet galas, music, awards shows, and film festivals for ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook's Platform Is Ready For Your Business. 5 Quick Ways Your Business Can ... Business Insider Jay Goltz (NY Times blogger and owner of several Chicago businesses and recent speaker of the Small Business Technology Tour) speaks how in the same way that he's invested serious dollars into building his brick and mortar businesses, ... See all stories on this topic »

Twitter Is All in Good Fun, Until It Isn't New York Times This is not the first time someone who makes a living on one platform has been clobbered for making remarks on another. Octavia Nasr, senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs at CNN, was fired in 2010 for praising on Twitter Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Asked To Send Team To Syria Neon Tommy At the same time some Islamist groups, including al Qaeda are trying to escalate it, reports the NY Times. The organization called on its followers to join the jihad against the Syrian government. On Saturday, the group issued a statement urging... See all stories on this topic » Neon Tommy

Civil Air Patrol is vital, but little-known, asset Clarksville Leaf Chronicle “We do a lot that the active-duty Air Force doesn't have the time or equipment for,” Polidura explained. “That is what we are here for, but we are not a combat arms unit.” At one time, the CAP was an armed part of the nation's defenses. During World ... See all stories on this topic »

Mayweather agrees to fight Cotto in May BlackAthlete.net by Francis Walker, • View all articles by Francis Walker NEW YORK, NY(BASN)--Once a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao didn't materialize, Miguel Cotto suddenly became the most attractive fighter in all of boxing. See all stories on this topic »

What the Grammys Mean for the Numero Group Label New York Times (blog) Marc PoKempner for The New York TimesSyl Johnson at his home in Chicago. A boxed set from the Numero Group has collected much of his music. Numero is nominated for two Grammy Awards this year for “Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology,” a monolith of a boxed ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

The Reality of Dyslexia: Millions Struggle New York Times JAMES H. WENDORF Executive Director, National Center for Learning Disabilities New York, Feb. 6, 2012 To the Editor: The headline “The Upside of Dyslexia” raised my hackles, and I was prepared to attack what the author, Annie Murphy Paul, ... See all stories on this topic »

On ACTA, US Media Turned The Other Way The Moderate Voice Even the RIAA chief, writing in the NY Times last week, went after SOPA/PIPA but mentioned not one word about ACTA or the RIAA's role in crafting its language. By the way, he implied that if you opposed either piece of legislation that you were either ... See all stories on this topic » The Moderate Voice

College Admissions Advice From Prep School Pros Forbes Colleges are offering admission programs such as Priority deadlines, Rolling processes or “snap-applications” (NY Timesterm from a few years ago). These programs making it possible to apply early in the fall and usually not decide on college admission ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Mooresville's shining example (It's not just about the laptops ... By staradvertiser.com ... Star-Advertiser provides up to the minute breaking news in Honolulu, Hawaii. With expanded photo coverage of Hawaii sports, entertainment, nightlife and insightful business news coverage. ... NEW YORK TIMES. Print Email Comment | View Comments Most Popular Save Post · Retweet.... But Mooresville understands its growing fame in the world of education, much of which has yet to find the balance between old tricks and new technology. "So," Higgins asked her English class ... Staradvertiser Headlines

Britain - Officials Acknowledge Failures on Phone ... - New York Times Times Topic: British Phone Hacking Scandal (News of the World) · WorldTwitter Logo. ... Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news andheadlines. www.nytimes.com/.../britain-officials-acknowledge-failures-on...

Daily Mail, New York Times: How the British tabloid became the ... The world's most popular online newspaper is not the New York Times, USA Today, ... A third headline blared, “Threat from new virus-infected emails which take ... www.slate.com/.../daily_mail_new_york_times_how_the_briti...

New York Times photographer wins top World Press ... - CBS News New York Times photographer wins top World Press Photo prize for image from Yemeni protest. ... CBS News.com World .... Latest CBSNews Headlines ... www.cbsnews.com/.../new-york-times-photographer-wins-top-...

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LOS ANGELES News, Feb 13, 2012

Health makes a comeback UPI.com The US consumer price index report is due on Friday. That leaves investments based on product news, mergers and acquisitions and the financial upheaval in Europe that is a bottomless pit of anxiety-provokingheadlines. The New York Times reported ... See all stories on this topic »

IDEAS, Feb 13, 2012

IDEAS Linda C. Black horoscopes Chicago Tribune Your friends are your most valuable wealth, gifting you with laughter and love, fabulous ideas and surprises. Pay it forward, even in advance. Plant seeds of kindness. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, ... See all stories on this topic »

Alternative Valentine's Day ideas Gaston Gazette Celebrating “love” on Valentine's Day is traditional, but we live in a less and less traditional world, so think outside your box and celebrate with all of those who you love. If you are lucky enough to enjoy your workmates, this is a great time to let ... See all stories on this topic »

Recapping DC's One City Summit; tips for securing Valentine's Day reservations Washington Post (blog) By Andy Smith Mayor Vincent C. Gray, as part of his promise to be more responsive to the community, held the first “One City Summit” to get ideasfrom the public on government policy and budget at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in ... See all stories on this topic »

Manny Ramirez and a world of possibilities Swingin' A's Clearly, I'm not in love with the idea of Manny coming to town under these circumstances but it's a slow time of year and the prospect of him calling Oakland home this summer offers a lot of food for thought. 1. Attendance. Owner Lew Wolff is all about... See all stories on this topic » Swingin' A's

The stuff of dreams DAWN.com WHILE business and political leaders at this year's World Economic Forum at Davos chatted gloomily, the star of the show was a man called Jonathan Rothberg, the inventor of the Ion Proton. Many are already referring to Rothberg's invention, the world's ... See all stories on this topic »

C-Store Foodservice Professionals in High Demand NACS Online The Dallas Morning News reported that as c-stores continue to expand their fresh food offers, “they will be seeking a fresh crop of foodies to help them think and act more like restaurateurs.” In fact, many are chosen from a talent pool that typically ... See all stories on this topic »

RPT-BAY STREET-Western Canada oil sands opportunity knocks in East Reuters * Ontario manufacturing shed 32000 jobs in past yr * Alberta's labor pool becoming stretched * Oil sands sector aiming to double production * Industry estimates C$55 bln pot for Ontario firms By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Oak ... See all stories on this topic »

In Case You Missed It: Dragon's Dogma Game Info and Story Trailer VGrevolution By Darren C With the new year here and developers trying to get you excited over big titles coming out this year, it is easy to overlook some great looking games that are being overshadowed. I feel like whenever I see a title with potential and no ... See all stories on this topic » VGrevolution

Social media in GOP campaign: Death of rational conversation Florida Times-Union The Times-Union will feature commentary from guest columnists every Monday while Mark Woods is on sabbatical for his Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship. Keep up with their columns at jacksonville.com/guestcolumnists. We're still looking for more guest ... See all stories on this topic »

Mad Dog 21/21: The Codd Piece IT Jungle by Hesh Wiener IBM used to boast that its mainframes and their DBMS packages manage most of the world's business and government records. Maybe that's still true. There are, however, other contenders for that distinction. One is Oracle. See all stories on this topic »

Teen's technology tour leaves me off the grid Montreal Gazette They are part of his Facebook chat world, a universe where meaningless (his word) ideas and thoughts are exchanged. He claims this is a place he goes to when he is "extremely bored" and wants to see if anyone is saying anything interesting that might ... See all stories on this topic »

Post a comment Jakarta Globe A passenger that goes by the name of C. Ng reviewing Soekarno-Hatta recently wrote on the Skytrax Web site: “The building is claustrophobic and dark, signage is limited or absent, the air-conditioner struggles to maintain coolness and toilets are ... See all stories on this topic »

Five lessons I learned at my first CPAC Hot Air I also have friends whose company I enjoy because we share ideas. My friends in the conservative movement belong to the second camp and my attachment to them runs deeper because I know we're not undermining each other out in the world. See all stories on this topic »

What will life be like in 100 years? U-T San Diego Now, it is 5 feet 9½ inches.) There will be no C, X or Q in the every day alphabet because they'll be unnecessary. English will be a language of condensed words expressing condensed ideas. There will be no street cars in our large cities. See all stories on this topic »

LOOKING FORWARD, 100 YEARS U-T San Diego Now, it is 5 feet 9½ inches.) 2 There will be no C, X or Q in the every day alphabet because they'll be unnecessary. English will be a language of condensed words expressing condensed ideas. 3 There will be no street cars in our large cities. See all stories on this topic »

Cormac McCarthy on the Sante Fe Institute's Brainy Halls Newsweek At the Sante Fe Institute America's greatest minds break bread over big ideas and good conversation. Cormac McCarthy, Sam Shepard, and others explain what humanists are doing there. By Nick Romeo. One of the most impressive and eclectic intellectual ... See all stories on this topic » Newsweek

Esplanade 2020: The Future Can't Come Soon Enough BU Quad In the Boston Public Library's Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston's social elite, public officials, and a concerned citizenry mingled, responding timidly, yet positively, towards the ideas offered. The assosiaction is a nonprofit group of volunteers who oversee ... See all stories on this topic » BU Quad

Nutrition tips: Week 6 Vancouver Sun The idea of taking time to make breakfast is not only a good one, but an absolute requirement for optimal health and performance. A "good" breakfast is one that is well-balanced: Half of the plate as vegetables or fruit with the remaining half made up ... See all stories on this topic »

The Disappointing Economics of Rick Santorum Huffington Post (blog) Rick Santorum seems to be (if the bloom isn't off by the time this article comes out) the latest anybody-but-Romney Flavor of the Week, so it's work taking a look at his economic ideas. I know, I know: he's got some interesting, er, cultural baggage. See all stories on this topic »

Simple Plan has a Heart On for fans Montreal Gazette "The thing is, we have fans all over the world, so when a record comes out, it takes us at least a year and a half to go see everyone," says Sebastien Lefebvre, guitarist for the Montreal quintet. "So then, writing and recording definitely don't have ... See all stories on this topic »

The Life And Controversies Of Henry Fairfield Osborn Swans (6) On this point, Regal observes: Henry Fairfield Osborn's Central Asia hypothesis, and his search for the origins of man, must be understood as part of a fascination with the idea of identifying the original home of the human race and using that ... See all stories on this topic »

Grammys Live Blog Recap Cincinnati CityBeat In the meantime, anyone have any drinking game ideas to play as we watch? It's easy sometimes to forget that by the time the Grammys telecast starts, the vast majority of trophies have already been given out at the pre-telecast ceremonies held earlier ... See all stories on this topic » Cincinnati CityBeat

New York Times columnist David Brooks weighs in on politics at Desert Town ... The Desert Sun To fix these problems, the country has to draw from the best policy ideasfrom both sides of the aisle, he said. Brooks, who's served as a Times columnist for about nine years, is the second speaker in the popular Coachella Valley speaker series' 20th ... See all stories on this topic »

Stronger Europe or democratic sovereignty? Yes please Open Democracy The failures are myriad: (a) failure to effectively regulate financial systems (as seen in the current global recession); (b) failure to protect the environment and, more generally, the global 'commons;' and (c) failure to preserve the socio-economic ... See all stories on this topic »

Patriots Offseason 2012: Previewing Free Agency, The Draft And Much More SB Nation Boston (blog) Around the city of Boston and the New England area as whole, there have been bold yet ridiculous ideas for making sure there isn't the wrong kind of 'three-peat' for the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Some have said "Bill Belichick got out coached again, ... See all stories on this topic » SB Nation Boston (blog)

Building an offroad R/C track. Help, Ideas, Suggestions. - Tacoma ... I have recently gotten into offroad r/c cars and want to make a track in my field for myself and friends. All I have for "heavy equipment" www.tacomaworld.com/.../201690-building-offroad-r-c-track-...

Qatar Outlines 2022 Soccer World Cup Ideas Qatar Outlines 2022 Soccer World Cup Ideas. Doha, Feb 1 (Gulf Times): A delegation from the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee headed by secretary general, ... www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=128714

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