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New York Times: Abortion "bedeviled" Dems; bishops made "extraordinary effort"

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Title of the New York Times piece ... Finally. Finally MSM is acknowledging abortion is a problem for Democrats . Finally MSM is acknowledging the abortion civil war within the Democrat Party. And what a play on words. Abortion "bedeviled" Democrats.... It was late Friday night and lawmakers were stalling for time. In a committee room, they yammered away, delaying a procedural vote on the...

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...

Pro-Con | Should former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair have spoken on ethics at a university when he was fired for making up stories?

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Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair talking to college students about ethics? What’s next? The former head of Lehman Brothers on financial risk management? Such was the blogosphere’s snarky tone recently when Washington & Lee University in Virginia announced Blair would speak at a journalism conference there.

In this New York Times article, writer...

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In this New York Times article, writer Holland Cotter shares the wisdom of Agnes Martin. He states: Like her paintings, her writing was lucid and severe, measured but driven. She insisted that art was not an instrument for social change and, in a post-1960's America highly conscious of racial and sexual identity, her social views tended to be conservative and provincial. Art's value, in her thinking,...

New York Times,November 5, 2009, No. 1...

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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: 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 [...]

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 [...]

NY Times: Unemployment Measure U-6 Highest Since Great Depression

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From David Leonhardt at the NY Times: Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5% Excerpts: Officially, the Labor Department’s broad measure of unemployment goes back only to 1994. But early this year, with the help of economists at the department, The New York Times created a version that estimates it going back to 1970. ... If statistics went back so far, the measure would almost certainly...

Endless Work and Stories of Pain Take Toll on Military Therapists - New York Times

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Los Angeles Times Endless Work and Stories of Pain Take Toll on Military TherapistsNew York TimesAs a result, some soldiers home from war, suffering from nightmares and panic attacks, say they have waited almost a year to see a psychiatrist. …Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle saysLos Angeles TimesShortage of [...]

This Is Obama's Economic Crisis Now - Charles Blow, New York Times

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This Is Obama's Economic Crisis Now - Charles Blow, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/opinion/...amp;ref=opinion The Stimulus Plan Has Failed - Editorial, Investor's Business Daily http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2...ure__97495.html Up Against a Wall of Debt, Part II - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/id/221563 Green Initiative Hasn't Stimulated Jobs - Alec...