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Obama Weighs In as House Debates Health Overhaul - New York Times

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Globe and Mail Obama Weighs In as House Debates Health Overhaul New York Times President Obama with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other House members after addressing the House Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill on Saturday. By CARL HULSE and ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — President Obama traveled to the Capitol on Saturday to ... Democrats expect vote today on healthcare Los Angeles Times...

NATO Airstrike Killed 7 Afghan Soldiers, Officials Say - New York Times

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Telegraph.co.uk NATO Airstrike Killed 7 Afghan Soldiers, Officials Say New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said on Saturday that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before that was part of an effort ... Afghan officials say NATO airstrike killed soldiers, civilians Washington...

With the Berlin Wall Just a Memory, German Divisions Fade - New York Times

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Reuters India With the Berlin Wall Just a Memory, German Divisions Fade New York Times BERLIN — “The Quiz of the Germans,” a lighthearted entry amid a crush of serious examinations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, pitted three West German celebrities seated behind the sloping hood of an old ... Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall The Associated...

This week's New York Times Bestsellers (November 3rd)

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In hardcover: Charlaine Harris' A Touch of Dead is down six positions, ending its third week on the charts at number 12. For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . R. A. Salvatore's The Ghost King is down two spots, finishing its third week on the prestigious list at number 19. For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . Joe Schreiber's Star Wars: Death Troopers debuts at number...

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New York Times,November 5, 2009, No. 1 Omission From Top 10 Book List: Women By Dave Itzkoff Right - Publishers Weekly The Nov. 2 issue of Publishers Weekly contains its PW Top 10 list. The trade publication Publishers Weekly likely wanted to provoke discussion with its annual list of the year’s best books, but not like this. In its issue of Nov. 2, Publishers Weekly compiled its PW Top 10, a...

• No. 1 Omission From Top 10 Book List: Women - New York Times

Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays (New York Times)

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New York Times: Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays — SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist. — These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume …

• 'A fantastic business': Selling pixels on a Web page - Star Tribune

New York Times' Best Illustrated, Carnegie Long List, and More

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In tomorrow's New York Times Book Review, look for the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009. If you can't wait until then, check them out online now! News from the UK: the Kate Greenaway Medal and Carnegie Medal long lists....

NEW YORK TIMES: Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%….

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NEW YORK TIMES: Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%.

In The New York Times Magazine: Ammo branding

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TARGET MARKETING Ammunition seem like a commodity, but even bullets get branded ATK has been in the consumer-ammunition market for only a few years, but the commercial-products group of its armament-systems division now manages a portfolio of about 20 consumer-ammunition brands. That’s a fair amount of differentiation. Some of the reasons are obvious: the ammunition [...]

South Koreans Struggle With Race from the NYTimes

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This is a really good article and I don't want to comment on it now. Read it. Comment. I'll chime in later. Here is a bit of the article and click over for the full article. South Koreans Struggle With Race SEOUL — On the evening of July 10, Bonogit Hussain, a 29-year-old Indian man, and Hahn Ji-seon, a female Korean friend, were riding a bus near Seoul when a man in the back began hurling racial...

Kirby on Gerstler in The New York Times

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Poet David Kirby reviews Amy Gerstler's new book of poems Dearest Creature in The New York Times . The review begins: "Look, a poem either sends you a bill or writes you a check." It ends: " Dearest Creature is an A.T.M. — the letters standing, in this case, for 'artistic thrill machine.' In Amy Gerstler I trust." There. I just saved you some time. Now go read some poetry...

Brain Drain in Reverse Behind Fallen Berlin Wall - New York Times

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Washington Post Brain Drain in Reverse Behind Fallen Berlin Wall New York Times DRESDEN — When Frank Siebler moved from Dresden in the late 1990s to take a job in bustling, prosperous Munich, he thought he was leaving home for good. In 1997, when Mr. Siebler was 25, the outlook for engineers in the former East ... A taste for the old East Germany BBC News Exclusive: Inside the Kremlin as the...

New York Times: Obama healthcare plan would provide tax relief for gay domestic partners

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The New York Times on Saturday reports that President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan includes tax relief for gay couples: Supporters of gay rights have long been trying to change the tax treatment of health benefits provided by employers to the...

Golb In the New York Times

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In an article titled 2000 Year Old Scrolls, Internet Era Crime. Here is one of the better bits: No other creatures in the animal kingdom behave like this, not when the stakes are lower than food or mating or survival. And here’s a bonus: a thread of the Shakespearean runs through the case. How true, how [...]

The Audacity of Precious - New York Times

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USA Today The Audacity of PreciousNew York TimesI had the opportunity to watch the trailer for “Precious” and was immediately taken aback by the cast members and the overall theme. Mariah Carey was unrecognizable, and Mo'Nique was just raw like I've never seen her. I am so glad that Daniels has …'Precious' Will Leave Lasting MarkABC [...]