Toulouse France woman 76 lay dead in her apartment for three years
The remains of a woman believed to have died in 2010 have been discovered in her Toulouse, France, apartment, police said. Firefighters and police entered the apartment of Fernande Broca, who was in...
View ArticleJohn Berry leaves White House Cabinet post
John Berry left his Cabinet post Friday at the end of his four-year term as director of the Office of Personnel Management, White House officials said. 2010 file photo. UPI/Kevin ...
View ArticleNewspaper Consortium Set to Relaunch FindnSave
FindnSave , a shopping info site that it hopes will reinforce ties between the newspapers and the national retailers and brands that have traditionally driven their (estimated) $4 billion...
View ArticleGawker Media Staff Told to Keep Headlines Under 70 Characters
by: Jim Romenesko | Jim Romenesko "Why this drastic measure" of keeping headlines under 70 characters? writes Gawker Media boss Nick Denton. "Google and others truncate headlines at 70 characters. On...
View ArticleTwitter’s New Music App Launches Friday
by: Mike Isaac and Peter Kafka | All Things D Next up on the jukebox - Twitter Music. The microblogging service plans to launch its new standalone music application on Friday, according to sources...
View ArticleNeil Gaiman leaves guerrilla artwork on NY street – and the Guardian finds it
Neil Gaiman . But instead of just leaving it to be thrown out with the trash, his wife, musician and artist Amanda Palmer, suggested that they hide it on the street outside, tell their Twitter...
View ArticleCourt orders Calif. officials to address overcrowding in prisons
Federal judges in California threatened to hold state officials in contempt of court if they do not come up with a plan to reduce the state's inmate population. A panel of federal judges on Thursday...
View ArticleColo. police arrest person of interest in Clements killing
Thomas James Guolee, 31, was arrested in Colorado Springs on Thursday on outstanding felony warrants unrelated to the Clements killing, The Denver Post reported. However, police said Guolee had been in...
View ArticleTaylors reportedly considering bid for Boston Globe
Members of the Taylor family, longtime owners of the Boston Globe who sold the paper to the New York Times Co. in 1993 for $1.1 billion, are considering a bid to buy back the paper, according to the...
View ArticleBoston Globe former owner mulls buying back paper
Members of the family are working with Jack Griffin, the former CEO of Time Inc. and current president of Empirical Media, on a possible bid, according to one of the ...
View ArticleFlipboard Adds 3 Million Users Since Launch Of Personalized Magazines Over...
by: Sarah Perez | TechCrunch Mobile magazine Flipboard revealed today that over half a million personalized magazines have been created on its platform since the launch of the new feature just two...
View ArticleEditors Letter Where is the love Hug your family not your cat
"I didn't get where I am today" by under-estimating the veracity of pretty much everything my Ma told me - except perhaps that you have to blitz liver 'til it bounces in order to be able to eat it....
View ArticleWhy we had to rejoice after Margaret Thatchers death by the editor behind...
For many years, so it has seemed to me, the brand profile of a once-prominent political faction has been obscured behind the more recognisable initials of a small man currently playing at right...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor Gun bans
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Consider with all the comments and opinions about the ban of guns in the news, ask yourself, "If all of the bans are approved would they have stopped the mass killings in...
View ArticleSri Lanka newspaper office set ablaze fifth media attack this year
United Nations passed a resolution on March 21 calling on the government to address human rights violations. "Three men wearing helmets threatened my staff at the printing section and set fire to the...
View ArticleVa. Board of Health approves abortion restrictions
The Virginia Board of Health Friday voted to require abortion clinics to meet hospital-style building codes that could shut many of them down, operators say. The regulations, which passed 11-2, were...
View ArticleArmed men burn down newspaper press in Sri Lankas former war zone in second...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A publisher says armed men have stormed his newspaper press in Sri Lanka's former war zone and set fire to the machines and newspapers ready for distribution in a second attack on...
View ArticleLow times for pot-push editor
A former writer at High Times magazine has been laid low by the feds. Matthew Woodstock Stang faces up to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in a massive drug conspiracy. Stang was busted in...
View ArticleSri Lankan Tamil newspaper office burnt down
Colombo: A publisher says armed men have stormed his newspaper press in Sri Lanka's former war zone and set fire to the machines and newspapers ready for distribution in a second attack on the paper in...
View ArticleOffice of outspoken Tamil newspaper Uthayan attacked in Sri Lanka
An outspoken Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka whose premises have been repeatedly targeted, and its employees killed, was attacked by armed men who stormed into the building and set the printing...
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