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The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and published in New York City. Nationally, The Times is third in circulation behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, and yet remains the largest metropolitan local newspaper in the United States. The Times is sometimes called "The Gray Lady"—named for its staid appearance and style. The Times, although a local and regional paper, is regarded within the industry as a national newspaper of record. The Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes eighteen other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. The company's chairman is Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has controlled the paper since 1896.
The paper's motto, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the front page, is "All the News That's Fit to Print". It is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features. The Times stayed with the eight-column...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Dodd to Press Ahead on Financial Regulation Bill - — WASHINGTON — Democrats said on Thursday that they would go it alone in an effort to pass an overhaul of financial regulation, increasing the likelihood of a bitter partisan showdown. — Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut … |
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Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations - — ALBANY — Facing growing political pressure, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that he would appoint an independent counsel to take over his office's investigation into the Paterson administration's response to a domestic violence case. |
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Aftershocks Rattle Chile During Inauguration - — SANTIAGO, Chile — The new Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, had not even taken office on Thursday when major aftershocks rocked the central coast of this earthquake-ravaged country. But within hours of his inauguration … |
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House Rejects Plan to Leave Afghanistan by Year's End - — WASHINGTON — In a strong bipartisan endorsement of the Obama administration's policy in Afghanistan, the House of Representatives on Wednesday soundly rejected a call to withdraw American troops by the end of the year. |
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Holder Failed to Disclose Brief on Detainee Policy - — WASHINGTON — During his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. failed to disclose that he had signed a brief urging the Supreme Court not to uphold President Bush's claim that he could imprison … |
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Diplomacy 102 - Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. used rare ... - — Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. used rare and decidedly undiplomatic language on Tuesday to upbraid Israel after it announced plans to build 1,600 new housing units in a Jewish neighborhood of East Jerusalem. “I condemn the decision. ...,” he said in a statement. |
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Obama's Student Loan Overhaul Endangered - — WASHINGTON — With Democratic Congressional leaders and the White House struggling on Wednesday to finalize the details of major health care legislation, House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent another of President Obama's top legislative priorities … |
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Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks - — AUSTIN, Tex. — Even as a panel of educators laid out a vision Wednesday for national standards for public schools, the Texas school board was going in a different direction, holding hearings on changes to its social studies curriculum … |
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Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud - — ST. CHARLES, Mo. — President Obama continued his drive for a health care overhaul on Wednesday, ordering a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, while in Washington, House leaders said they hoped to have a completed bill to present to rank and file members Thursday morning. |
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Dan Senor Encouraged to Join New York Senate Race - — Encouraged by state and national Republican Party leaders, Dan Senor, an author, private equity executive and Defense Department adviser in the last Bush administration, is seriously considering a political challenge against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand … |
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