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| Running the Numbers: Why Newspapers Are Screwed |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 4:08 am |
| Tags: Internet Outsider |
| Running the Numbers: Why Newspapers Are Screwed See all of FM Tech |
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| The U.S. could easily withdraw from Iraq, but that would leave the country in chaos, an Army war game concludes (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 1:48 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— U.S. troops could withdraw from Iraq within months, but if Iraq's government remains politically deadlocked, it probably would collapse and the nation would descend into chaos, a war game organized by the U.S. Army concluded earlier this month. |
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| Excerpts from editorials in Florida newspapers |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 11:55 am |
| Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers in Florida: |
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| Insurgents destroy bridge, gunmen seize hostages as Baghdad lull is broken (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 5:43 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— A week of relative calm was shattered Tuesday when a truck bomb blew up a key bridge north of the capital and gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped five officials from a Ministry of Oil building. |
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| Bombs kill 175, gunmen seize hostages as lull in Iraq violence ends (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 5:43 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— A week of relative calm in Iraq was shattered Tuesday when at least two truck bombs blew up in northern Iraq, killing as many as 175 people, and another truck bomb leveled a key bridge north of the capital. |
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| U.S. military leaders: Iraq security effort hampered by lack of political progress (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 10:29 am |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Despite U.S. claims that violence is down in the Iraqi capital, U.S. military officers are offering a bleak picture of Iraq's future, saying they've yet to see any signs of reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite Muslims despite the drop in violence. |
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| Death toll from Iraq bombings likely to be worst of war (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Officials said Wednesday that as many as 500 people probably died in a series of coordinated truck bombings that devastated two northern Iraqi villages Tuesday and set a record for mass carnage in war-torn Iraq. |
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| Parents: Listen up! - Lancaster Newspapers |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 11:41 am |
| Tags: Health |
| Listen up!Lancaster Newspapers - 10 hours agoBy TOM MURSE, Staff LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - If your toddler's been playing with one of the 18.6 million Barbies, Batmans or Sarges recalled Tuesday, here's a bit of advice: Second, make sure those tiny but powerful magnets in the Polly Pocket, ...China's problems with lead go |
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| Parents: Listen up! - Lancaster Newspapers |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 11:41 am |
| Listen up!Lancaster Newspapers - 12 hours agoBy TOM MURSE, Staff LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - If your toddler's been playing with one of the 18.6 million Barbies, Batmans or Sarges recalled Tuesday, here's a bit of advice: Second, make sure those tiny but powerful magnets in the Polly Pocket, ...Lead Poisoning Mostly From House |
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| Disabled Iraq war veterans compete in Brazil (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 10:13 am |
| McClatchy Newspapers - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil— When James Stuck regained consciousness in a military hospital in late-2005, he realized something was wrong even before he looked down at the stump where his lower right leg had been. |
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| U.S. general: Iraq 'surge' likely to end in spring (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 5:02 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— The U.S military will begin pulling out the additional troops it sent to Iraq as part of the so-called surge next spring and will have completed their withdrawal by next August, the No. 2 American commander in Iraq said Friday. |
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| Saddam's daughter facing terrorism charges (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 5:38 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Less than a year after her father was sent to the gallows, Saddam Hussein's daughter is facing charges that also could lead to her execution. |
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| Iraq stock exchange is open for business (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 19, 2007, 2:12 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD - Talk about a high-risk investment. |
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| Iraqi governor killed as U.S. senators offer bleak assessment of Iraq prospects (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 4:50 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— A roadside bomb on Monday killed the governor of Iraq's Muthanna province, making him the second governor in as many weeks to become a casualty of violence between rival Shiite Muslim militias in southern Iraq. |
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| Death continues to linger over bombed Iraqi villages (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 10:19 am |
| McClatchy Newspapers - TAL AL AZIZZIYAH, Iraq— The pungent smell of the dead hangs low in this village, and not even the colorful headdresses the men have wrapped across their faces can keep it out. |
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