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Socioeconomic Stress Leaves Lasting Scars
By Kim Hall and Jan Diehm For many Americans, stress isn’t juggling family and an outsize job, or looking for meaning in work and relationships. The stress of poverty can have devastating effects on wellbeing — and when it occurs … Continue reading
Kyra Davis’ ‘Just One Night’ Acquired by Anonymous Content
By Alex Ben Block Kyra Davis’ fictional erotic trilogy of books, Just One Night, which have sold more than half a million e-book downloads since January, have been optioned by Anonymous Content, which plans to develop it for television. Davis, … Continue reading
After Post sale, Times seems thin
By Aaron Elstein A lot of folks in my profession have spent a lot of time assessing what the sale of The Washington Post means for the fate of The New York Times. Its impossible to resist, isnt it? Clearly the papers … Continue reading
Does the NSA Tap That? What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet Surveillance
By Justin Elliott Among the snooping revelations of recent weeks, there have been tantalizing bits of evidence that the NSA is tapping fiber-optic cables that carry nearly all international phone and Internet data. The idea that the NSA is sweeping … Continue reading
CEO Pay Went Up 16% Last Year to $15 million — How Much Did Your Pay Go Up?
By Helaine Olen Congratulations CEOs! You’ve been having a great time of it. Salaries are up, and up in a major way. The Economic Policy Institute says you brought home an average $14.1m in 2012. The New York Times, looking … Continue reading
A Nation of Mutts
By David Brooks Over the past few decades, American society has been transformed in a fit of absence of mind. First, we’ve gone from a low immigrant nation to a high immigrant nation. If you grew up between 1950 and 1985, … Continue reading
Bobby “Blue” Bland – That’s The Way Love Is
RIP to Bobby “Blue” Bland who passed away yesterday at 83. Read More Bobby (Blue) Bland, Soul and Blues Balladeer, Dies at 83
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Tagged blues, Bobby "Blue" Bland, memorial, music, New York Times, r&b, video
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How To Avoid The Virus On Facebook That Can Drain Your Bank Account
If you click on the wrong link on Facebook, a virus may find its way into your bank account and drain it of all your money. The New York Times’ Bits Blogs details how a 6-year-old virus called Zeus is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank account, cyberspace, facebook, Kevin Smith, Linux, money, New York Times, technology, Trend Micro, virus, Windows, Zeus
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My Medical Choice By Angelina Jolie
MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Breast, Breast cancer, cancer, Mastectomy, New York Times, Ovarian cancer, Risk, womens health
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David Brooks’ bigoted rant
By David Sirota Since when did the New York Times get into the business of publishing old-school bigoted rants deriding whole populations and cultures as cognitively incapacitated? This is a pressing question considering David Brooks’ stunning column today on the … Continue reading →