Black Reporters on the Beat of Michelle Obama

Black Reporters on the Beat of Michelle ObamaDoes Race Play a Role in Coverage?
By Howard KurtzWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, July 2, 2009

While Michelle Obama was meeting with doctors and patients at the Upper Cardozo Health Center, nearly two dozen journalists stood behind a white rope in a small room upstairs, most finally growing so [...]

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Obama to ease Cuba restrictions on travel, money

Obama to ease Cuba restrictions on travel, money – USATODAY.com
Obama to ease Cuba restrictions on travel, money
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama intends to lift the U.S. ban on family members traveling to Cuba and remittances to the island, two senior administration officials said Saturday.
Obama will announce the policy change before this month’s Summit of the [...]

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Ancient Human Footprint Discovery in Kenya

Ancient Human Footprint Discovery in Kenya
Thursday February 26, 2009
A new discovery of a set of ancient human footprints near the town of Ileret, Kenya, the second oldest set ever found, and likely made by Homo erectus about 1.5 million years ago, during the Lower Paleolithic period of human history.
A series of contour maps [...]

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Delta ‘flight plan’: Increase diversity

Delta ‘flight plan’: Increase diversity
By Kelly Yamanouchi
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, February 28, 2009

At a Women in Aviation International conference in Atlanta this week, Delta Air Lines’ chief executive said one of the company’s primary goals is to increase diversity among its ranks.
In Delta’s internal document on its annual goals, called the “flight plan,” one of its [...]

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New York bedbug complaints increase 34% in a year

New York bedbug complaints increase 34% in a year
BY Adam Lisberg DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF
Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 4:00 AM

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IN THE NEWS

Giant Manhattan School to Be Broken Up to Further Smaller-Is-Better Policy
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Louis D. Brandeis High School, an Upper West Side behemoth that takes in some of the city’s most disadvantaged students and has struggled year after year to bump up test scores and graduation rates, will be closed and replaced by three new [...]

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Stop NBC From Promoting Coulter’s Hate

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Stop NBC From Promoting Coulter’s Hate

Anne Coulter

Enough is enough. Call NBC and ask why they are reportedly again helping Coulter promote her latest book despite past condemnations by NBC staff for her history of reprehensible comments.
By Eric Burns
December 30th, 2008

[Media: Commentary]
As you know, Ann Coulter has a long history of making controversial statements. [...]

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Barack Obama coins are everywhere but worth little

Barack Obama coins are everywhere but worth little

By Jessica TroianoSpecial to amNewYork
Many Americans hope that President-elect Barack Obama will solve our nation’s financial woes, but experts caution that coins featuring the next president’s face are not a sound investment decision.
Within days of Obama’s victory, television ads offering commemorative presidential coins popped up all over the [...]

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ANCHORS AWAY IN WNBC CUTS

ANCHORS AWAY IN WNBC CUTS
By MICHAEL STARR and ADAM NICHOLS

December 6, 2008 —
WNBC-TV yesterday axed four senior correspondents – two months after staff was ordered to reapply for their positions.
Sports anchor Otis Livingston, anchor Monica Morales, reporter/anchor Carolyn Gusoff and weathercaster SallyAnn Mosey were fired. All four were experienced, popular and [...]

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METS MAY PAY FOR CITI SLUMP

METS MAY PAY FOR CITI SLUMP
EDGY ABOUT $400M DEAL

By KATE SHEEHY

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Last updated: 6:21 amNovember 22, 2008 Posted: 4:44 amNovember 22, 2008
The Mets better not get too attached to the name Citi Field.
Team officials are said to be increasingly nervous as struggling Citigroup’s stock continues to plummet – and potentially endangers their $20 million-a-year naming-rights [...]

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