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This file photograph taken on July 8, 2006 shows members of the US private security company Blackwater aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter securing the way of a US convoy in Baghdad. Executives at US security firm Blackwater approved secret payments of about one million dollars to Iraqi officials to 'silence their criticism' after company guards killed 17 civilians in Baghdad in 2007, the New York Times said November 10, 2009.
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Is Giuliani in or out of New York governor's race?
...insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does.Spokeswoman Maria Comella is disputing a New York Times report that Giuliani won't run for governor after months of considering it. The Times is citing unidentified people told... |more
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NYC has lost nearly 60,000 jobs in communications
...and pay cuts throughout the industry. Major publishers have cut back, including Conde Nast, Forbes, Time Inc . and The New York Times .The comptroller report said employment in publishing and telecommunications has seen the worst declines.National employment... |more
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AP source: NYC papers' circulation offices raided
...some of the nation's largest newspapers as part of a union corruption probe.The official says the offices of The New York Times , the New York Post , El Diario and the Daily News of New York were raided Tuesday. The official spoke to The Associated Press on... |more
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Obama's bow: Did the President grovel?
...In 1994, former Democratic President Bill Clinton was criticized for almost bowing to Akihito. The resulting image, The New York Times wrote, was of “an obsequent president and the emperor of Japan .” Former President Richard Nixon , a Republican , can be... |more
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Sunday reading: Lastings Milledge, Jose Tabata, Wally Backman and Hideki Matsui
For my Baseball Insider, I spoke with Pirates GM Neal Huntington about two players with New York roots, Lastings Milledge and Jose Tabata . Milledge is about running out of chances - he'll be 25 in April - so this is a crucial season for him. Tabata, |more
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US drugmakers’ fury over price probe demands
...drugs, benefiting patients nationwide, “but you wouldn’t know it by looking at pharmacy prices – or reading the New York Times,” he says. The newspaper article “only tells half a story, using selected statistics to make a flawed assumption that an increase... 10 m ago |more
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Morning Fix: Obama convenes the Cabinet
...The New York Times's Frank Rich has penned an insightful column on former Alaska governor Sarah Palin that includes this critical observation: "Palin is far and away the most important brand in American politics after Barack Obama, and attention must be paid.... 5:25 AM |more
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POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: November 23, 2009
...radio and even newspapers couldn't deliver: instant access to music, information, entertainment, news and even worship. New York Times: Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year... 5:15 AM |more
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Drug industry threatens reform
In making a fool of President Obama, Big Pharma has turned itself into a poison pill of health care reform. During the summer, the drug companies offered $8 billion a year over 10 years in drug cost cuts, as long as the government did not ask for |more
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NOTES / Teams to consult independent docs
...neurologists while treating players with brain injuries, several people with knowledge of the plan confirmed to the New York Times on Sunday. For generations, such medical decisions - either during or after games - have been made by doctors and trainers employed... |more

