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U.S. Forces Rescue New York Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban

It’s a joyous night for the New York Times : the Pahjwok news agency, a subscription-only Afghan service, reports that foreign fighters have rescued Stephen Farrell , the paper’s second reporter to have been kidnapped by the Taliban in recent months. Farrell was taken earlier this month while covering a NATO air strike on Taliban forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. His driver and translator were also taken.

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Holocaust Denial Finds Place in Harvard Paper’s "Cracks"

Harvard. It’s revered as one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. Why, then, did the university’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson , run a holocaust denier’s advert after rejecting it over a decade ago

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Holocaust Denial Finds Place in Harvard Paper’s "Cracks"

DNA evidence can be fabricated, scientists show

Scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the gold standard of proof in criminal cases.

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DNA evidence can be fabricated, scientists show

C Murder Found Guilty Of Murder In Second Jury Verdict

After judge rejected first verdict, the jury again finds rapper guilty of 2002 slaying. By Gil Kaufman C Murder Photo: Soul Brother/FilmMagic Three hours after a judge rejected their first guilty verdict, the jury in the trial of Corey “C Murder” Miller again found the former No Limit Records rapper guilty of the 2002 slaying of a New Orleans teenager on Tuesday.

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C Murder Found Guilty Of Murder In Second Jury Verdict

Racist posts traced to Deptartment of Homeland Security

After federal border agents detained several Mexican immigrants in western New York in June, an article about the incident in a local newspaper drew an onslaught of vitriolic postings on its Web site. Some were racist. Others attacked farmers in the region, an apple-growing area east of Rochester, accusing them of harboring illegal workers.

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Pervy Flesh-Peddler Bill O’Reilly Plays Erin Andrews Peephole Video On-Air

Yesterday we noticed that Fox News was hyping a Bill O’Reilly “investigation” into the naked Erin Andrews peephole video incident, prompting us to wonder, “Will the ole smut-merchant show the video on the air?” Well, of course he would, duh! Now, O’Reilly, and Fox News in general, have a long history with this sort of thing. He’ll bloviate righteously about softcore porn on YouTube or underage strippers or how the Make-A-Wish foundation turned down money from a bikini car wash fundraiser or whatever, and all the while he’ll have salacious clips running over the audio of he and his guests mouthing off about the gross injustice of whatever it is they’re talking about

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The Onion Sold To China

It seems the rumors of their demise/sale , were all true.

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The Onion Sold To China

New York Observer Owner’s Lessons on How to Lose Money and Alienate People

Jared Kushner , boy wonder real estate scion and New York Observer owner: watch , as the young man fumbles his newspaper business and insults his staff! Marvel at his father’s family-destroying schemes! And, his secret for attracting Ivanka Trump, below! Gabriel Sherman has a huge profile of Jared Kushner in New York magazine today, with a hefty section devoted to his father’s little “Set up my brother-in-law with a hooker and secretly tape it and send the video to his family” episode, which landed him in jail. But let’s start with Jared’s high praise for the Observer , the paper that’s been wracked by layoffs and budget cuts under his leadership: “I found the paper unbearable to read, it was like homework,” Jared tells me

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New York Observer Owner’s Lessons on How to Lose Money and Alienate People