New Job for CBS Reporter Critical of War Coverage
Date: 26 June 2008
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Lara Logan, the CBS News chief foreign correspondent who deplored the lack of media coverage of Iraq and Afghanistan last week, will no longer be based overseas.
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Hospital’s True Traumas, for Patients and Doctors
Date: 26 June 2008
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
“Hopkins” provides an extraordinarily intimate look at doctors and desperately ill patients that is gripping but not groundbreaking.
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Nader Defends Remarks About Obama
Date: 25 June 2008
By Julie Bosman
Julie Bosman
Ralph Nader defended comments in which he suggested that Barack Obama has not devoted enough time to poverty in inner cities and rural areas and “wants to talk white.”
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Britain: Ad Company’s Sales Growth Slows
Date: 25 June 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The WPP Group, an advertising company, said sales growth slowed in the first five months of the year as business in Western Europe continued to lag behind other regions.
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Diabetes Cases Increase 15 Percent in 2 Years
Date: 25 June 2008
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The number of Americans with diabetes increased by 15 percent in two years to 24 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 8 percent of the population now has the disease, mainly Type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity and sedentary living, the agency said in a report using data from 2007. A quarter of people ages 60 and older had diabetes, the agency said. The number of people worldwide with diabetes will double to 366 million by 2030, according to the World Health Organization, which calls the disease an epidemic. Most people with diabetes have resistance to insulin, which the body uses to convert blood sugar to energy. The C.D.C. report was its first update of the prevalence of diabetes since 2005, when it reported that about 21 million Americans had the disease.
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The Early Word: On the Road to Unity
Date: 26 June 2008
By Michael Falcone
Michael Falcone
Efforts to reconcile the Democrats move on toward joint events tonight and tomorrow.
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MTV Wants Its Political Ads
Date: 25 June 2008
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The 27-year-old cable channel devoted to music and pop culture confirmed this week that it has decided to accept national political advertising from candidates, campaign committees and political parties.
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Dark Humor: Painting the Blast Walls
Date: 26 June 2008
By Qassem H.J
Qassem J
Qassem H.J. is a newspaper cartoonist working in Iraq. He abbreviates his name to protect his identity.
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