Brian Williams Admits He Wasn’t on Copter Shot Down in Iraq
Date: 05 February 2015
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologizes for claiming that he had been on helicopter that was crippled by enemy fire in Iraq in 2003, which he described in vivid and specific detail to Davit Letterman in 2013; Williams admits he was in fact on aircraft following downed helicopter.
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Sandy Socolow, CBS Newsman During Heady Days, Dies at 86
Date: 04 February 2015
By BRUCE WEBER
Bruce WEBER
Sandy Socolow, longtime CBS News executive who helped shape television coverage of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, dies at age 86.
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A Man's Death Strikes a Nerve in China
Date: 04 February 2015
By JESS MACY YU
Jess YU
News of the death of an injured man who was ignored by passers-by has rekindled a debate over public apathy.
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Fox Reduces Its Forecast for Growth
Date: 05 February 2015
By EMILY STEEL
Emily STEEL
Twenty-First Century Fox cuts its expectation of profits for fiscal year 2016 to mid-$7 billion range, down from original target of around $9 billion; revised forecast is due in large part to Fox broadcast network's performance.
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Sri Lanka’s New Government Hopes to Revisit Past on Its Own Terms
Date: 05 February 2015
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Somini SENGUPTA
News Analysis; government of Sri Lankan Pres Maithripala Sirisena is pushing United Nations to delay inquiry into war crimes committed against ethnic Tamils and to give country time to devise its own system for prosecuting perpetrators; Western countries must decide whether administration's promises of reconciliation justify putting off long-sought investigation.
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The Bruce Jenner Story Goes From Gossip to News
Date: 05 February 2015
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
Jacob BERNSTEIN
News that Bruce Jenner, patriarch of Kardashian family, is undergoing transition from male to female has broken free of tabloids and entered mainstream as larger news outfits begin running story.
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New Speaker in Albany: A Skilled Operator, Embracing Change
Date: 04 February 2015
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Thomas KAPLAN
Newly elected New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E Heastie has proven to be adept and canny politician, rising quickly through ranks of government to become Bronx Democratic Party leader; calls for change in state government's system of secretive and autocratic decision-making.
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Checkpoints and Cash: Reporting From Ukraine
Date: 05 February 2015
By RICK LYMAN
Rick LYMAN
Rick Lyman, The Times’s Warsaw bureau chief, writes of reporting from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine.
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