boston.com - 1/15/2009
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The Boston Globe, grappling with the economic downturn and financial pressures affecting the newspaper industry, yesterday said it plans to cut its newsroom payroll by as many as 50 full-time jobs, a reduction of nearly 12 percent in the company's news and editorial staff. All of the company's ...
boston.com - 1/11/2009
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boston.com —
I want to be your dog. Really, I
do. Man's best friend has it made. Have you...
noticed that while banks, brokers, and the Big Three are on their knees begging, dogs are living larger than ever? Not since Caligula's horse, with its immaculate marble ...
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It's a dog's life - and he wants in - The Boston Globe
boston.com - 1/18/2009
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boston.com —
Because of a business trip, a historic day
in American history won't fit into the Washington Wizards'...
busy schedule. More than a million people are expected to attend Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday in Washington. The Wizards, however, depart ...
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No break in campaign - The Boston Globe
boston.com - 1/13/2009
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boston.com —
Hillary Clinton (shown in December) is to present
a detailed account today of her and Barack Obama's...
global strategy. Hillary Clinton (shown in December) is to present a detailed account today of her and Barack Obama's global strategy. (Pablo Martinez ...
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Bill Clinton's policies may echo at hearing - The Boston ...
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Network stars anchor Bush's farewell address.
Poniewozik compares Bush and Obama press strategies.
Kristol brags about being fed. (I heard the liberal columnists teased Obama about not getting refreshments).
Will Obama host online opinion makers?
Boston Globe's cutting 50 newsroom jobs.
Media Matters guy goes on Jeopardy.
And does Sulzberger have his priorities straight?
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... is the latest Republican senator to endorse Eric Holder's A.G. nomination. Sorry, Arlen. * NASA Administrator Michael Griffin's unorthodox campaign to keep his job didn't work . * I neglected to mention yesterday that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Hillary Clinton's nomination to serve as Secretary of State yesterday, 16 to 1. * More newspaper troubles -- the Minneapolis Star Tribune is filing for Chapter 11 , and the Boston Globe is slashing its newsroom staff . * For the record, Obama was not cheered in the Washington ...
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Where's global warming? - The Boston Globe
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directorblue.blogspot.com 2/24/2009 — Four hours ago, the The Boston Globe's headline on its story covering the Obama "Fiscal Responsibility Summit" was:Obama urges spending curbs, hands out $15 billionAfter the laughter reached the office windows of the Globe, some enterprising editor changed the headline to avoid the painful itch ...
Push stimulus forth, says president - The Boston Globe
boston.com 2/3/2009 — WASHINGTON - President Obama said yesterday that "very modest differences" over a massive package to revive the economy should not delay its swift passage, a fresh appeal to Congress as the Senate took up its $885 billion version. Obama teamed up with ...
Obama aunt may live in Boston - The Boston Globe
boston.com 11/1/2008 — This story was written and reported by Adrian Walker, Michael Levenson, and Sally Jacobs of the Globe staff. Barack Obama's story, spanning from his mother's roots in Kansas to his father's in Kenya and his childhood spent in Hawaii and Indonesia, has ...
Bush could bypass new torture ban - The Boston Globe
boston.com 1/24/2009 — WASHINGTON -- When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief. After approving the bill last Friday, Bush issued a ''signing ...
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