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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Investigations of IRS' targeting of groups is continuing in wake of ouster of top official WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the...Tags: Tameka Cottle, U.S. Senate, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bombings, Assault
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Author Christopher Buckley To Speak At Hotchkiss
The Hartford CourantChristopher Buckley, the Forbes editor, journalist and author whose books tackle political and cultural sacred cows with a satirical twist, will give a free talk Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road., Lakeville. Son...Tags: East Haven, Colleges and Universities, Bipolar Disorder, Entertainment, Wethersfield
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Obama administration assaults press freedom
In Washington, as in any seat of power, most acts of folly begin with hubris. Government leaders, elected or appointed, usually don't intend to do the wrong thing, to overstep or cause harm, but they become so convinced, so certain of their purpose,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, The Washington Post, U.S. Congress, Freedom of the Press, News Agency
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Review: 'War on Whistleblowers' fails to fully sound alarm
Since 2002, filmmaker-activist Robert Greenwald has made a string of vital feature documentaries, including the trenchant exposés "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." His latest, the brief "War on...
Tags: Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Freedom of the Press, Entertainment, U.S. Department of Defense
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Exposing Wrongdoing Serves The People
The Hartford CourantThere will always be an inherent conflict between a government that wants to guard its information, and journalists and citizens who want access to it. Although there is a recognition that some information should be kept secret, a democracy needs its...Tags: The Washington Post, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Freedom of the Press, Daniel Ellsberg
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RIP Anthony Lewis
I was saddened to read the obituaries for Anthony Lewis, the Pultizer Prize-winning reporter, columnist and author. He may be most familiar for his decades of work at the New York Times. But his book, "Gideon's Trumpet," was one of the first -- and best...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Obituaries, The New York Times, Education
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Defense attorneys should have polled jury after verdict, experts say
L.A. NOWA decision not to poll the jurors after Wednesday's verdict in the Bell corruption trial might prove to be an important mistake by the defendants' attorneys, experts indicated.... -
Bell jury can't change guilty verdicts, judge and experts say
L.A. NOWAs a juror in the Bell corruption trial continued to indicate Thursday uncertainty over guilty verdicts delivered the day before, attorneys watching the case said it was highly unlikely the panel would be allowed to change its minds.... -
AUDIO: Bradley Manning explains why he leaked secret documents
A group advocating transparency has released audio of Pfc. Bradley Manning reading his 35-page, handwritten statement about why he gave massive troves of secret government documents to the website WikiLeaks. Audio and transcript below. The Freedom of...
Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Freedom of the Press, Daniel Ellsberg
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Eugene Patterson dies at 89; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Eugene Patterson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and columnist whose impassioned words helped draw national attention to the civil rights movement as it unfolded across the South, has died at 89. Patterson, who helped fellow whites understand the...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Saint Petersberg (Russia)
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Chris Rock back in 'Mother.... With the Hat' at L.A. Theatre Works
Chris Rock will reprise his Broadway debut role in Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The Mother.... With the Hat" for six performances at L.A. Theatre Works, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. The production will be a radio theater staging recorded in front of live audiences for...
Tags: Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Entertainment Events, Tony Awards, TheaterWorks
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L.A. federal courthouse named national landmark
L.A. NOWThe federal courthouse on Spring Street downtown--site of the first ruling that public school segregation was unconstitutional--was declared a national landmark Wednesday by the Interior secretary....
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