The Haight Pays a Price for Sit/Lie News Coverage
Date: 01 April 2011
By Scott James
Scott James
News coverage dealing with San Francisco’s sit/lie ordinance, intended to reduce crime and vagrancy, is being blamed for a decline in Haight-Ashbury business.
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Good Jobs News, but Not Great
Date: 01 April 2011
By Floyd Norris
Floyd Norris
The job outlook is getting better, but it is not strong yet.
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Billionaire Wyly Brothers Lose an Effort to Dismiss Insider-Trading Charges
Date: 01 April 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The S.E.C has accused the Wylys of transferring hundreds of millions of shares to offshore entities to keep their holdings secret and to evade laws limiting stock transactions by insiders.
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Breast-Feeding News Roundup
Date: 31 March 2011
By Lisa Belkin
Lisa Belkin
A breastfeeding doll, a drunk nursing mother, brain size and brain power…
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A Koran Burning Ignored in the U.S. Was News in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Date: 01 April 2011
By Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey
The incident that enraged Afghans, the burning of a Koran after a mock trial in a small Florida church on March 20, was barely noticed in the United States but widely reported in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Fox Expands Presence in Hispanic TV
Date: 01 April 2011
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Two units of the News Corporation plan to announce on Monday that they are forming a division to be called Fox Hispanic Media with the goal of helping advertisers reach the Hispanic market more effectively.
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Arianna Huffington’s Next Move
Date: 01 April 2011
By Andrew Goldman
Andrew Goldman
She is AOL’s most important hire in years. Just don’t call her site lefty.
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Peabody Awards Go to ‘Justified,’ ‘The Good Wife’ and ‘Sherlock’
Date: 31 March 2011
By Dave Itzkoff
Dave Itzkoff
Raylan Givens, Alicia Florrick and Sherlock Holmes may not share much when it comes to righting wrong-doings, but programs featuring these characters have all won an award for excellence in electronic media.
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Words for Savings: ‘Simplify’ and ‘Coordinate’
Date: 01 April 2011
By James Warren
James Warren
Streamlining government agencies on all levels — which would include mergers and, at a minimum, cooperation — would save money and simplify life.
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Ohio’s Anti-Union Law Is Tougher Than Wisconsin’s
Date: 01 April 2011
By Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse
While both laws severely limit public employees’ ability to bargain collectively the Ohio law largely eliminates bargaining for the police and firefighters.
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