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4:15 PM ET, August 3, 2013

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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
New York Times Company Sells Boston Globe  —  The New York Times Company said on Saturday that it had agreed to sell The Boston Globe and its other New England media properties to John W. Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, returning the paper to local ownership after two decades …
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Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Boston Globe to Be Sold to Red Sox's Henry for $70 Million  —  New York Times Co. (NYT:US), which put its Boston Globe newspaper up for sale this year, agreed to sell the publication to John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, for $70 million in cash.
Discussion: NewsBusters blogs
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
NEW YORK TIMES SELLS BOSTON GLOBE AT 93% LOSS  —  After purchasing the Boston Globe in 1993 for a then-record $1.1 billion, the financially troubled New York Times just announced it sold the 141 year-old paper to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry for a mere $70 million.  That's a straight 93% loss.
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
A Star Philosopher Falls, and a Debate Over Sexism Is Set Off  —  Ever since Socrates' wife was painted as a jealous shrew by one of his pupils, women have had it tough in philosophy.  —  Thinkers from Aristotle to Kant questioned whether women were fully capable of reason.
Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Obama Photo Used As Target In Dart Game At Otsego County Fair In New York (PHOTOS)  —  President Barack Obama's image is being used as a target in a dart game at the Otsego County Fair in Morris, New York.  —  In images provided to HuffPost by fairgoer Abigail Czapsky …
New York Times:
Cory Booker for Senator  —  Voters in the Democratic primary in New Jersey on Aug. 13 for the United States Senate are lucky to have a choice among four candidates with solid credentials: two with experience in Congress and good voting records; one who has worked hard at the state level on women's issues …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
New York Times:
U.S. Cuts Take Increasing Toll on Job Growth  —  WASHINGTON — The number of federal workers forced to work shorter hours soared this summer — to 199,000 in July, from 55,000 a year earlier — in a sign of the problems that federal budget policy is causing for the economy.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Brad DeLong
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Qaeda Messages Prompt U.S. Terror Warning  —  WASHINGTON — The United States intercepted electronic communications this week among senior operatives of Al Qaeda, in which the terrorists discussed attacks against American interests in the Middle East and North Africa, American officials said Friday.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama golfs ahead of birthday  —  President Obama on Saturday celebrated his upcoming birthday on the golf course with friends from nearly every stage of his life.  —  Included in the group were Obama's high school pals from Hawaii, Greg Orme, Bobby Titcomb and Mike Ramos.
Democracy Now:
“We Are Slowly Dying”: Fast-Food Workers Launch Strike for Living Wage and Right to Unionize … A national strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast-food and retail sectors has spread across seven cities.  Hundreds of workers walked off the job Thursday in Milwaukee …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Raw Story
Miriam Elder:
Why Russia Turned Against The Gays  —  Vladimir Putin's new campaign for national — and political — survival.  —  An anti-gay activist grabs a protester at an LGBT rights demonstration in central Moscow in May.  Image by ANDREY SMIRNOV / Getty Images  —  Three months before Russia's …
Discussion: Vox Popoli, BuzzFeed, RT and Balloon Juice
Andrew Siff / nbcnewyork.com:
Anthony Weiner: I'm “100 Percent Not” Sexting Right Now, Deleted Everything from Past Affairs  —  “I don't have any of the records,” Weiner said in an interview with NBC 4 New York Friday  —  For a man who just wants the press to move forward from the revelations of his controversial sexual trysts online …
Fox News:
Rep. Gowdy claims gov't creating ‘aliases’ for Benghazi survivors  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy claimed in an interview on Fox News that the Obama administration is creating “aliases” for survivors of the Benghazi terror attack and “dispersing them” throughout the country.
 
 
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Mike Dash / Past Imperfect:
How Friedrich Engels' Radical Lover Helped Him Father Socialism
Discussion: Power Line
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post:
‘US leaks on alleged Syria strikes could be attempt to harm Israeli interests’
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
It's Always Selma Again
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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
13 Wisconsin officials raid animal shelter to kill baby deer named Giggles
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Clouds Spread to Democratic Side of Virginia Governor's Race
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Joseph Erbentraut / The Huffington Post:
Illinois Medical Marijuana Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Pat Quinn
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
VIDEO: House GOPer Won't Push Back on Birther Calling Obama “Communist Despot”
Discussion: Daily Kos
James Arkin / Politico:
Alaskans don't back Palin for prez
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
New Nixon audio: “Aristotle was a homo... Roman emperors, fags”
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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