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Editor and Publisher:
'Black Tuesday' Continues: NYT Co. Cutting 500 Jobs — NEW YORK The New York Times Co. announced a staggering staff reduction plan Tuesday that will likely mean some 500 job loses at the company's many properties, including an expected 45 newsroom positions at The New York Times newspaper and 35 at The Boston Globe.
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Associated Press:
NY Times Cutting 500 Jobs, 4 Percent Of Work Force — NEW YORK — The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would cut about 500 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce costs. The reductions come atop another 200 jobs that were cut earlier this year.
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:
The Gray Lady springs some leaks — The New York Times announces a staggering staff reduction, including 45 jobs from the newroom, alone. — The New York Times may have stepped in it, big time, with their version of pay-per-view for OP/ED columnists. Editor and Publisher …
David Espo / Associated Press:
Reid Likely to Oppose Roberts' Nomination — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has told associates he intends to oppose confirmation of John Roberts as chief justice, Senate sources said Tuesday as rank and file Democrats began staking out positions on the man named to succeed the late William H. Rehnquist.
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Kristen Lombardi / villagevoice.com:
Cindy Sheehan Takes on the Democrats, Hillary Clinton … Cindy Sheehan, the rising star of the anti-war movement, remembers when people used to think of her as one of those crazy activists, speaking out for a cause, inconveniencing all who stumbled onto her path.
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Holly Aho / Soldiers' Angel:
The Cotillion Ball - I'm a Host Again! — Man oh man, I'm trying to get my Cotillion post up all nice and pretty and my computer has become as slow as my brain at 4am. I'm thinking the only way to make it faster is to throw it out the window (at least it'd move faster for about 3 seconds).
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Associated Press:
Failed Suicide Bomber: I Was Kidnapped, Drugged — BAGHDAD, Iraq — A suicide bomber captured before he could blow himself up in a Shiite mosque claimed he was kidnapped, beaten and drugged by insurgents who forced him to take on the mission. The U.S. military said its medical tests indicated the man was telling the truth.
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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Email from arrested White House official suggests powerful congressman lied about trip — WASHINGTON — News of David Safavian's arrest Monday ricocheted through the Washington political scene like a gunshot. — Safavian, 38, who oversaw $300 billion in federal procurement for President George W. Bush …
Michelle Malkin:
NO MORE CRONYISM: BUSH DHS NOMINEE DOESN'T DESERVE THE JOB — **updated** — Another disastrous crony appointment in the making — This is Julie Myers, President Bush's nominee to head the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security.
Radio Blogger:
Don't get stuck on stupid — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a press conference a little bit ago, and started losing control to a media pool assembled that was showing signs of panic, due to the previous incompetence in the region by the local and state government. Lt. Gen. Russel Honore stepped in and literally took over.
Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Plamegate: The John Bolton Connection — I'm now hearing that the investigation may be inching closer to never-confirmed UN Ambassador John Bolton. — According to two sources, Bolton's former chief of staff, Fred Fleitz, was at least one of the sources of the classified information …
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Scott Johnson / Weekly Standard:
Wielding the Hatchet — AS SPECIAL COUNSEL to President Richard Nixon Charles Colson was known as Nixon's hatchet man and one of the most hated men in America. After he left the Nixon administration he was caught in the snare of Watergate. Although he was only peripherally involved in the scandal …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Incompetence, Not Racism — If you told me that George W. Bush is a dummy, I would argue with you but understand why you thought so: all those idiotic statements. But if you told me, as some have been implying, that Bush is a racist or that he doesn't care about black people …
Shawn Macomber / National Review:
Rock On! — At first glance, Eric Paone does not seem your typical conservative true believer. The 35-year-old guitarist of the New Hampshire thrash metal band Candy Striper Death Orgy (yeah, no typo) has a flowing mane of hair, swears like he's in a Make-the-Sailor-Blush contest and cackles as he relates dirty jokes.
