Miners’ Families Grapple With the News, and the Pain
Date: 06 April 2010
By Ian Urbina and Liz Robbins
Ian Urbina
In a small mining town, the news spread quickly: husbands, fathers, brothers and sons were lost in the nation’s worst mine disaster in a quarter century.
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BlogTalk: Dr. No, Nancy Pelosi and Fox News
Date: 06 April 2010
By Maria Newman
Maria Newman
Senator Tom Coburn, the physician and Republican from Oklahoma, took on Fox News this week.
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Video: Excerpts From Woods News Conference
Date: 05 April 2010
By The New York Times
Tiger Woods, looking sober but professing to be cheerful about his return to golf, broke little new ground in his first news conference since a Nov. 27 car accident that sent his image on a downward spiral and interrupted his career.
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At the Expo, Bearing Gifts All Over Again
Date: 06 April 2010
By Michael Forsythe
Michael Forsythe
The Shanghai World Expo hints at China's imperial past, when emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties required other courts to pay tribute with gifts for the right to trade.
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An Anchor Is Suspended at MSNBC
Date: 06 April 2010
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The cable news channel said it suspended David Shuster for an indefinite period because he participated in a test show for a rival, CNN.
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Now to Explain the Party Favors
Date: 06 April 2010
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
When Charles O. Prince III and Robert E. Rubin testify on Thursday about Citigroup, there is a chance to address a sense that on Wall Street, even big mistakes have no consequences.
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First Time in Months Woods Makes His Game Semipublic
Date: 05 April 2010
By Larry Dorman
Larry Dorman
Tiger Woods’s demeanor at Augusta National was easy and free of angst a day before he was to face an expected onslaught of probing questions from reporters.
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Debunkers of Fictions Sift the Net
Date: 05 April 2010
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
After 14 years of evaluating online rumors at Snopes.com, David and Barbara Mikkelson seem to have concluded that people are rather cavalier about the facts.
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Debate in Israel on Gag Order in Security Leak Case
Date: 06 April 2010
By The New York Times
Anat Kamm, a journalist who has been accused of copying Israeli military documents concerning the killing of Palestinian militants, is scheduled to go on trial in mid-April.
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Media Equation: How Sarah Palin Became a Brand
Date: 05 April 2010
By The Editors
Media Equation: Sarah Palin’s one-woman national media empire.
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