— Lakers get 9th straight win over Warriors, 124-121 (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:30)

AP - Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Pau Gasol added 26 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight victory over the Golden State Warriors, 124-121 on Monday night.

— US envoy cancels Mideast trip amid US-Israel feud (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:29)

AP - A U.S. envoy's postponement of his...

— Madoff family seek dismissal of cases against it (Reuters)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:23)

Reuters - Andrew and Mark Madoff, sons of fraudster Bernard Madoff, have submitted a request with a U.S. court to dismiss all the complaints against them, with prejudice, court documents showed.

— New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:20)

AP - New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.

— Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:20)

AP - Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered.

— Thai protesters give blood to pour on streets (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:12)

AP - Anti-government protesters who donated their own blood Tuesday prepared to splatter gallons of it at the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.

— "Red shirts" rally on, Thai PM Abhisit stands firm (Reuters)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:26)

Reuters - Thousands of protesters in Thailand donated blood to be poured outside the premier's office on Tuesday, a "sacrifice for democracy" aimed at energizing their movement after the government refused to step down.

— S.Lanka opposition leader appears before court martial (AFP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:21)

AFP - Sri Lanka's ex-army chief turned opposition leader appeared at a court martial Tuesday that could see him jailed for up to five years if convicted on charges he says are politically motivated.

— Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:26)

AP - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes.

— Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:26)

AP - Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, when the city dealt with record flooding and Shannon had to maneuver around a 10-foot-high clay dike that cut...

— PROMISES, PROMISES: Is gov't more open with Obama? (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:22)

AP - The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found.

— Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 mln (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:16)

AP - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking new records.

— Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:13)

AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.

— Thai Red Shirts draw own blood in anti-government push (AFP)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:02)

AFP - Red-dressed Thai demonstrators Tuesday collected their own blood, planning to spill it at the government's gates in a symbolic sacrifice as they stepped up protests demanding snap elections.

— Karzai, Obama discuss prospects of Taliban talks (Reuters)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 02:38)

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed prospects of peace with the Taliban in a video phone conversation with President Barack Obama, Karzai's office said on Tuesday.

— Fed seen renewing low rates, extended period vow (Reuters)

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:15)

Reuters - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates near zero at a meeting on Tuesday and renew its pledge to keep borrowing costs very low for a long time, but could note a brightening economic picture and hint at being closer to dropping the vow.

— Toyota casts doubt on "runaway" Prius claim (Reuters)

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 21:22)

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence to support the driver's account of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius incident in California that overshadowed the company's attempts to restart sales after a punishing series of recalls.

— House heads toward close healthcare vote (Reuters)

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 20:41)

Reuters - Congressional Democrats took the first step on Monday toward a quick final vote on a healthcare overhaul and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to muster the votes needed to pass it.

— $17.5 billion jobs bill nears final OK (Reuters)

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:30)

Reuters - The first of several Democratic job-creation efforts cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday and appeared to be headed toward final congressional approval.

— Sen Dodd boosts Fed in new financial reforms (Reuters)

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 17:59)

Reuters - The Federal Reserve would take on a greatly expanded role in financial regulation under new legislation unveiled on Monday by a top Senate Democrat, in a push to move ahead with the regulatory reform that has been a top priority of President Barack Obama.

— Madoff family seek dismissal of cases against it

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:23)

(Reuters) - Andrew and Mark Madoff, sons of fraudster Bernard Madoff, have submitted a request with a U.S. court to dismiss all the complaints against them, with prejudice, court documents showed.

— "Red shirts" rally on, Thai PM Abhisit stands firm

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:06)

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters in Thailand donated blood to be poured outside the premier's office on Tuesday, a "sacrifice for democracy" aimed at energizing their movement after the government refused to step down.

— Karzai, Obama discuss prospects of Taliban talks

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 02:38)

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed prospects of peace with the Taliban in a video phone conversation with President Barack Obama, Karzai's office said on Tuesday.

— Record number of Chinese unhappy over inflation

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:55)

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than one in two Chinese savers regard the current inflation rate as unacceptable, according to a central bank survey on Tuesday that is likely to fan official concern about deteriorating inflation expectations.

— Fed seen renewing low rates, extended period vow

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:15)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates near zero at a meeting on Tuesday and renew its pledge to keep borrowing costs very low for a long time, but could note a brightening economic picture and hint at being closer to dropping the vow.

— Sen Dodd boosts Fed in new financial reforms

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 23:24)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would take on a greatly expanded role in financial regulation under new legislation unveiled on Monday by a top Senate Democrat, in a push to move ahead with the regulatory reform that has been a top priority of President Barack Obama.

— Toyota casts doubt on "runaway" Prius claim

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 23:23)

WASHINGTON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence to support the driver's account of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius incident in California that overshadowed the company's attempts to restart sales after a punishing series of recalls.

— House heads toward close healthcare vote

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 20:41)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats took the first step on Monday toward a quick final vote on a healthcare overhaul and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to muster the votes needed to pass it.

— $17.5 billion jobs bill nears final OK

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:30)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first of several Democratic job-creation efforts cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday and appeared to be headed toward final congressional approval.

— Euro ministers say have Greek aid plan if needed

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 18:52)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday to mobilize financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work.

— Toyota challenges runaway car claim

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:05)

Toyota has cast doubt on an American man’s claim that his Prius sped out of control reaching 94mph.

— Thailand protestors donate blood to throw at govt offices

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:05)

Protesters in Thailand today donated blood they plan to splatter at the Thai government headquarters in Bangkok in a symbolic sacrifice if their demands for new elections are not met.

— UN: HIV infections increasing in repressive countries

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:04)

A United Nations report said new HIV infections were increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes.

— South Africa denies World Cup labourer report

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:04)

Football officials today denied reports that North Korean labourers were working on football stadiums across South Africa in preparation for the World Cup.

— Shark species threatened by appetite for soup

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:04)

The demand for shark fin soup in Asia is driving many species to the brink of extinction, a marine conservation group said today.

— Boyfriend to give evidence in baby killing case

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:13)

The ex-boyfriend of a mother who admits killing six of her newborn babies and hiding their bodies in the cellar will give evidence today.

— Palestinians clash with Israeli police

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:12)

Masked Palestinians today hurled rocks at Israeli police and burned tyres in disputed east Jerusalem.

— Pakistan kidnap boy found safe

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:11)

A British boy kidnapped while on holiday in Pakistan nearly two weeks ago has been located safe and well, the British High Commission said today.

— Catholic priest abuser removed from his post - again

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 14:06)

A priest convicted of sexually abusing children while the pope was archbishop of his diocese has been suspended from his pastoral duties for breaking a promise not to work with youths again.

— Probe into death of British MP

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 11:28)

Police in the UK are investigating the death of Labour MP Ashok Kumar whose body was found by officers at his home earlier today.

— Lakers get 9th straight win over Warriors, 124-121

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:30)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Pau Gasol added 26 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight victory over the Golden State Warriors, 124-121 on Monday night....

— US envoy cancels Mideast trip amid US-Israel feud

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:29)

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of curtailing the contentious construction at the heart of the row....

— New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:20)

NEW YORK (AP) -- New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday....

— Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:20)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered....

— Thai protesters give blood to pour on streets

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:12)

BANGKOK (AP) -- Anti-government protesters who donated their own blood Tuesday prepared to splatter gallons of it at the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections....

— Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:27)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes....

— Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:26)

FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, when the city dealt with record flooding and Shannon had to maneuver around a 10-foot-high clay dike that cut his house off from the outside world....

— PROMISES, PROMISES: Is gov't more open with Obama?

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:22)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found....

— Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 mln

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:16)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking new records....

— Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:13)

KABUL (AP) -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers....

— Health Care Reform: TV Ads Give Taste of Fall Campaign

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 06:25)

Across the country, groups on all sides of the health care reform debate have been targeting swing members of Congress with costly ad campaigns

— Florida Senate: Can Charlie Crist Rebound Vs. Marco Rubio?

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 06:25)

A growing chorus of pundits is suggesting that Charlie Crist should not even try to battle the resurgent right but instead run in the November general election as an independent

— In Praise of Restaurant Critics, An Endangered Species

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 06:15)

To some degree the death of the restaurant critic was inevitable, brought about by the end of fatcat budgets and the multiplicity of bloggers and opinion sites on the web. But that's not a good thing

— Juarez Killings: Mexico's Calderon Steps Up Drug War

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:35)

The vicious attack on individuals connected to the U.S. consulate in the border city may be a reaction to improved coordination between Mexico City and Washington

— The Pope's Role in a German Priest's Sex-Abuse Scandal

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:35)

German Catholics are stunned at the revelations in a decades-old case that occurred under the watch of the Archbishop of Munich -- now Pope Benedict XVI

— Former Taliban, Author Zaeef Calls for U.S.-Afghan Peace

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:35)

Mullah Zaeef and Mullah Zakir are both former Gitmo inmates. While one is now leading the Taliban insurgency, the other is pushing for peace -- and warning that it would require a U.S. withdrawal

— Jerusalem Settlements Clash Risky for the U.S., Israel

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:35)

While a confrontation carries domestic political risks for both sides, their differences over Jerusalem could sabotage peace efforts

— Polish Journalist Kapuscinski Mixed Fact with Fiction

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:35)

A new biography of Ryszard Kapuscinski has caused a firestorm in theacclaimed journalist's native Poland with claims that he injected hisreporting with healthy doses of fiction

— China: Wen Criticizes U.S. on Currency, Defends Yuan

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:35)

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao takes the U.S. to task for undervaluing its currency -- a criticism many have leveled at Beijing in recent years

— Diabetes Trial: Drug Treatment May Not Cut Heart Disease

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:20)

New data suggest that aggressive drug treatments to reduce known heart-disease risk factors don't actually help diabetes patients. Why? And what now?

— Preserving Frank Lloyd Wright's Detroit Treasure

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 04:20)

You've probably heard about Detroit's $100 houses, the burned-out buildings and the empty shells deteriorating block after block.But have you heard about the million-dollar plus renovation happening to this little place on Seven Mile?

— Does Dodd's Plan Give Enough Power to the Fed?

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:00)

Senator Chris Dodd, the head of the Senate Banking Committee, is out this afternoon with his proposal for an overhaul of financial regulation. The big headline is that the bill gives more power to the Federal Reserve--a lot more

— Remembering Corey Haim

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

A former teen star, the actor died suddenly at age 38 on March 10, 2010

— Moment in TIME: Covering the Pacific War

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

A Gallery of TIME covers from World War II

— Photos: The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, Then and Now

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

A before-and-after look at this year's class

— Battlefield Priest

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

Father Carl Subler travels Afghanistan, ministering to US troops in need of spiritual sustenance

— Love and Marriage in Prime Time

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

TIME looks back at some of TV's greatest real-life newlyweds. Because, as the ol' saying goes, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes an 8 p.m. time slot on network TV

— How to Dress Yourself Thin

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

In her book How to Never Look Fat Again, Charla Krupp reveals wardrobe secrets to make you look slimmer without hitting the gym

— Photos: Scenes from the Pennsylvania Senate Race

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

Incumbent Arlen Specter faces challenges from both a Republican and a DemocratPhotographs by Mark Peterson / Redux for TIME

— The Secret World of Cosplay

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

A behind-the-scenes look at how cosplayers bring their favorite characters from Japanese anime, comic books and video games to lifePhotographs and story by Joseph Chi Lin

— The Rise and Fall of Mikhail Gorbachev

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

A look back at the political career of the former Soviet leader who was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party 25 years ago

— And the Oscar Fashion Winners Are ...

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 19:00)

TIME's Belinda Luscombe rates the best and worst of the gowns at the 2010 Academy Awards

— Debt Burden Cripples Poorer Nations

   (Tuesday, 09 March 2010 18:04)

International lending, within its current framework, leaves developing nations in a hole that only gets bigger as they try to pay off their debt.

— Boundless Hope in Sierra Leone

   (Sunday, 07 March 2010 20:11)

In a country where many families are too poor to buy books for their children, the organization Boundless Hope is helping kids get an education and putting essentials like pencils and toothbrushes in their hands.

— Nobel Laureates Urge Inquiry into Junta Crimes

   (Thursday, 04 March 2010 20:09)

Because the Burmese Constitution provides immunity for the junta and its crimes, the only hope for prosecution is through international law.

— Women Work toward Equality in Muslim Societies

   (Tuesday, 02 March 2010 20:16)

A network of social justice movements is helping women combat inequality, violence and repression all over the globe, especially in Muslim countries.

— Egypt's Struggle for Democracy

   (Sunday, 28 February 2010 17:35)

In Egypt, political advocacy is being sparked online, on sites like Facebook, but there is significantly less room for movement in Egypt's real world than in its virtual world.

— Human Rights Violations in Iran and Iraq

   (Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:06)

Iranians are not only battling violence and repression at home, fighting for basic rights; refugees of Iran are also under siege in Iraq's Camp Ashraf.

— Japan and Southeast Asia Take Stock of China's Rise

   (Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:35)

As China's economic and political rise makes itself felt in Asia, Japan and Southeast Asia face serious foreign policy dilemmas in the coming years.

— Global Hunger

   (Sunday, 21 February 2010 15:46)

When food is treated as simply a commodity, a huge chunk of the population cannot afford it. People in the South die every day from hunger and related diseases, while an equal number in the North consume in excess.

— Greece: Pulling Its Neighbors Down with It

   (Thursday, 18 February 2010 17:53)

Greece's debt is a serious issue, and coming up with a plan for going forward is also very much a problem for the European Union.

— China-U.S. Rivalry Intensifies

   (Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:54)

Obama is set to meet the Dalai Lama, while the United States and China have already had a number of issues stoking the contention and competition between them recently.

— The Real Evils

   (Monday, 15 February 2010 04:19)

While the world

— Guinea Making Steps toward Democracy

   (Thursday, 11 February 2010 20:06)

In a country that has seen a succession of brutal military leaders, the sudden prospect of fair elections forthcoming gives the people of Guinea new hope.

— Taiwan's Relief Efforts in Haiti

   (Tuesday, 09 February 2010 13:38)

The people and government of Taiwan are no strangers to natural disaster, and their history has galvanized them to do as much as possible to help bring Haiti to its feet.

— Forced Repatriation of Karen Refugees

   (Saturday, 06 February 2010 11:28)

Despite the risk of land mines and the fact that many refugees don't want to go, the Thai government is set to start moving Karen refugees back to Burma this month.

— Canada, the UNRWA and the Arabs

   (Thursday, 04 February 2010 17:25)

The U.N. caretaker agency for Palestinian refugees, which is already neglected by Arab nations, is now being dropped by the Canadian government.

— Aid Failure Bodes Ill for Haiti

   (Tuesday, 02 February 2010 11:07)

With aid to Haiti largely failing in the past and the daunting task of rebuilding the capital at present, many wonder whether international development plans will be lost in the rubble.

— Orphans Blocked from Departing Haiti

   (Tuesday, 26 January 2010 12:03)

After 79 orphans were brought to Florida from Haiti for adoption, another 27 are now being trapped in the country by Haitian bureaucracy.

— Screen Wars

   (Tuesday, 26 January 2010 11:19)

An ongoing battle between Rupert Murdoch, Silvio Berlusconi and Muammar al-Gaddafi involves adult television programming, an ultraviolent war film, and lots of money and bitterness flying around.

— Muffled Screams of Gaza

   (Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:38)

A report by the U.N. Human Rights Commission determined that Israel committed war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza, but nothing has changed in terms of U.S. support.

— Industry as a Bridge for Peace

   (Thursday, 07 January 2010 18:44)

Stef Wertheimer, an industrialist and world-renowned peace advocator, offers a new strategy to solve the ongoing instability in the Middle East.

— Gaza Freedom March

   (Sunday, 27 December 2009 18:38)

Thousands of Palestinians will march in Gaza on New Year's Eve, joined in solidarity by hundreds of activists who plan to enter Gaza through Egypt, despite Egypt's warnings against it.

— Copenhagen: No Failure, but Just Not Good Enough

   (Tuesday, 22 December 2009 17:16)

The result of the Copenhagen summit ended up being a small, creaking movement of the world's political machinery, while the polar ice caps continue to melt without hesitation.

— Freudian slip?

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 09:00)

We incorrectly used the word “homocentric” when what we meant was “male-centred” (27 February, p 36). Link

— Apology

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 09:00)

An article on 6 October last year about Keith Floyd’s funeral wrongly stated that Nancy Jones had gatecrashed the wake, had acted in an insensitive way and that she was ushered out. We now accept that our information was incorrect. Nancy Jones, Keith Floyd’s eldest daughter, was expected and welcomed at the event and [...]

— The truth about angels

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 09:00)

Jay Mathews’s column in the March 8 Metro section incorrectly listed “The Killer Angels,” by Michael Shaara, among nonfiction books suggested by readers for use in schools. The book is a fiction work. Link

— Change the word, change the meaning

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 09:00)

A single but significant word was mistyped in a story headlined UK complained to US about terror suspect torture, says ex-MI5 leader (10 March, page 2). Eliza Manningham-Buller was quoted as saying: “After the next terrorist attack, there will be cause for fresh legislation, which should be resisted. The criminal law [...]

— A trip inside the New York Times echo chamber

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 08:00)

An article last Sunday about the morality of dealing with looting in times of disaster incorrectly stated that a blackout in 1965, which did not bring disorder to New York, resulted instead in a baby boom nine months later. There was no baby boom. A widespread belief that there had been [...]

— Heirs, not errors

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 08:00)

Estate planning: The Personal Finance column about estate planning in the March 7 Business section misidentified the book “Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!” by Andrew W. Mayoras and Danielle B. Mayoras as “Trial and Errors: Famous Fortune Fights.” Link

— Not a hooker

   (Friday, 12 March 2010 13:48)

On 7 March 2010, we published an article by Zoe Margolis. In part of the first edition of the newspaper and online, this article carried the headline, “I was a hooker who became an agony aunt”. This was written by the newspaper not [...]

— Paul Blart: Mall Cop was robbed at the Oscars

   (Friday, 12 March 2010 08:00)

I don’t have any other details to offer, other than to note that these are fake corrections: In our Academy Awards preview last week, we incorrectly predicted that Paul Blart: Mall Cop would sweep the ceremony with 14 awards. When the Mavericks play the Oklahoma City Thunder next month, we intend to repeatedly refer [...]

— Climate, not crime

   (Friday, 12 March 2010 08:00)

In a story published on Page 3 of the Ottawa Sun Wednesday, Grace Xin was reported as having said that she came to Ottawa because “people like herself from southern China chose Ottawa because they’d like a break from the heat and crime.” In fact, Xin said she choose Ottawa because [...]

— A front page apology

   (Friday, 12 March 2010 08:00)

Below is a front page article from the Star Press in Muncie, IN: We screwed up. And to Tom Collins, we’re sorry. What was reported on this newspaper’s sports pages yesterday and on our Web site for much of the day on Wednesday was wrong. Collins, athletic director at Ball State, did not apply for the [...]

— Apology

   (Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:00)

ON JUNE 28, 2006, The Advertiser published an article in which it was asserted Trish Draper had attended a meeting with Channel Ten executives in Canberra and threatened and pressured Channel Ten to drop Big Brother – Adults Only or their case for media law changes would be damaged by the [...]

— A pseudo-apology from the Sun (U.K.)

   (Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:00)

THE SUN today unreservedly apologises to Nicklas Bendtner after his stunning treble sent the Gunners storming into the Champions League quarter-finals. Yesterday we may have inadvertently given the impression that Bendtner could not hit a cow’s Arsenal with a banjo. But last night the giant striker’s brilliant Turn to Page 79 From Back [...]

— Fuzzy numbers etc.

   (Wednesday, 10 March 2010 08:00)

In a story March 5 about the spring flood forecast in the upper Midwest, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of people who were forced to evacuate last March and April during flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota. State emergency officials estimate that more than 30,000 people were evacuated, [...]

— Talk to a newspaper, become a nudist garbageman

   (Wednesday, 10 March 2010 08:00)

An earlier version of this blog post said that Mr. Vangelakos touted taking out the garbage in the nude as a perk of living in an empty building. That was not correct. A different apartment dweller in California  made that statement. We regret the error. Link

— Apology

   (Wednesday, 10 March 2010 08:00)

The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter provided $200,000 for the kakapo recovery programme this year through Rio Tinto Alcan. A research trip to Spain, funded from this sponsorship, will cost $7000, not $200,000 as reported yesterday. We apologise for the error.

— Furore on nuclear liability stalls India bill

   (Tuesday, 16 March 2010 03:00)

Financial Times - Mar. 16 (News Report) - India's Congress party-led administration has balked at submitting controversial legislation limiting the liability of foreign nuclear reactor suppliers in case of a...

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— Axelrod: Health Care Effort 'A Struggle'

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Wall Street Journal - By Janet Adamy, Greg Hitt - Mar. 15 (News Report) - White House adviser David Axelrod conceded that efforts to secure enough support to pass the party's health-care bill was proving "a struggle," but voiced confidence that Democrats would ultimately get enough votes.

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— Israeli Crackdown Puts Liberal Jews on the Spot

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

TruthDig - By Chris Hedges - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - The Israeli government, its brutal war crimes in Gaza exposed in detail in the U.N. report by Justice Richard Goldstone, has implemented a series of draconian measures to silence and discredit dissidents, leading intellectuals and human rights organizations inside and outside Israel that are accused—often falsely—of assisting Goldstone’s U.N. investigators. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to shut down Israel’s premier human rights organizations, including B’Tselem, the New Israel Fund (NIF) and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. It is busy expelling or excluding peace activists and...

— Priority shift could help Dems

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Washington Post - By Scott Wilson - Mar. 15 (News Analysis) - President's renewed push on financial rules and Supreme Court opinion could help party in Nov.

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— On health bill, Democrats have optimism, not votes

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Washington Post - By Dan Eggen - Mar. 15 (News) - Rosy predictions of success, realities of mustering votes, underscore gamble White House and congressional Democrats are poised to make.

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— The State of the News Media 2010

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Journalism.org - By Tom Rosenstiel - Mar. 15 (Special Report) - Inside news companies, the most immediate concern is how much revenue lost in recession the industry will regain as the economy improves. Whatever the answers, the future of news ultimately rests on more long-term concerns: What are the prospects for alternative journalism organizations that are forming around the country? Will traditional media adapt and innovate amid continuing pressures to thin their ranks? And with growing evidence that conventional advertising online will never sustain the industry, what progress is being made to find new revenue for financing the gathering and reporting...

— Bad News

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Columbia Journalism Review - Mar. 15 (Other) - They went looking for crap, and by golly they found plenty of it. Students in Howard Rheingold’s journalism class at Stanford recently teamed up with NewsTrust, a nonprofit Web site that enables people to review and rate news articles for their level of quality, in a search for lousy journalism. The students, along with other NewsTrust users, spent...

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— Obama's HC Decision to Change Dems Forever

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

The Daily Beast - By Peter Beinart - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - This week’s last-ditch health care push may or may not prove the defining battle of Barack Obama’s presidency. It may or may not prove a defining moment in the history of the American welfare state. But here’s a good bet: The Democratic Party will never be the same.

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— Millions Being Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care Bill

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

New York Times - By Jeff Zeleny - Mar. 15 (Special Report) - Ferocious advertising takes aim at about 40 House Democrats whose votes will help determine the fate of the health care bill.

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— Lawmakers Push Bill To Give 9/11 Workers Lifetime Health Coverage

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

ny1.com - Mar. 15 (News) - Local lawmakers say the city's $575 million settlement offer for ill September 11th first responders is not enough – and they're pushing for a bill that would give the workers health care coverage for life. The $11 billion James Zadroga Health and Compensation Act is set for a crucial vote by the House of Representatives Health Subcommittee tomorrow.

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— Objectification Hinders Some Women's Cognitive Ability

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Miller-McCune - By Tom Jacobs - Mar. 15 (News Report) - Guys, here’s something to consider the next time you ogle an attractive woman: Your desirous gaze may be reducing her capacity to think.

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— Palin Slammed As 'Wild Alaskan Dingbat' After Hitting Grayson In Home District

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Huffington Post - By Ryan Grim - Mar. 15 (News) - Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, ventured to the Florida district of Rep. Alan Grayson on Friday, and urged voters to oust the Democratic lawmaker.

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— Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

New York Times - By Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti - Mar. 15 (Special Report) - A Defense Department official set up a private network of spies in Afghanistan and Pakistan who gathered intelligence on insurgents, according to officials.

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— Your vote on health care is more important than your re-election.

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Slate - By William Saletan - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - From the standpoint of a campaign strategist, everything you do in Congress should aim at re-election. That's one reason why our government has become dysfunctional: Lawmakers spend less time completing the work they were assigned in the last election and more time preparing for the next one. They inflame or placate the public when they should be serving it. Elections were supposed to be a means to good legislation. Instead, legislation has become a means to election. The polling mentality has turned democracy upside down.

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— China Uses Global Trade Rules to Its Advantage

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

New York Times - By Keith Bradsher - Mar. 15 (News Report) - Evidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.

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— Rep. Paul Ryan on what real health reform should look like

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Washington Post - By Paul Ryan - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - Rep. Paul Ryan on what real health reform should look like Today, the House Budget Committee is to mark up a "reconciliation" vehicle, initiating the greatest expansion in government and entitlement spending in a generation through a partisan process to push "health-care reform" across the finish line.

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— 3 killed in drug-related shootings in Mexico

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Los Angeles Times - By Tracy Wilkinson, Richard A. Serrano - Mar. 15 (News Report) - 3 killed in drug-related shootings in Mexico

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— Rating agency warns on US public finances

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Financial Times - By Chris Giles, David Oakley - Mar. 15 (News Report) - Moody’s Investor Service, the credit rating agency, will fire a warning shot at the US on Monday, saying that unless the country gets public finances into better shape than the Obama administration projects there would be “downward pressure” on its triple A credit rating. Examining the administration’s outlook for the federal budget deficit, the agency said: “If such a trajectory were to materialise, there would at some point be downward pressure on the triple A rating of the federal government.”

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— Israel envoy: U.S. ties at their worst in 35 years - Haaretz

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Haaretz - By Barak Ravid - Mar. 15 (News Report) - Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has told the country's diplomats there that U.S.-Israeli relations face their worst crisis in 35 years, despite attempts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office to project a sense of "business as usual"

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— China Trims Holdings of Treasury Securities

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Associated Press - Mar. 15 (News Report) - China retained its spot as the biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury debt in January even as it trimmed its holdings for a third straight month. The string of declines underscored worries that the U.S. government could face much higher interest rates to finance soaring budget deficits.

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— There Is Literally No Way to Make Money Selling News

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Gawker - By Adrian Chen - Mar. 15 (News Analysis) - There Is Literally No Way to Make Money Selling News. That is the only conclusion a reasonable person can reach reading this new Pew Foundation report. Paywalls are anathema. Nobody clicks on ads. The value of news is zero dollars and zero cents. The future of news is awesome.

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— Letter: Cleaning Up the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: A Community View

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

New York Times - Mar. 15 (Comment) - The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to designate the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn as a Superfund site is bitterly disappointing to many residents and civic organizations in Gowanus that vastly preferred New York City’s Superfund alternative

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— New Digg to get more personal, 'wicked fast'

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

CNN - By Doug Gross - Mar. 15 (News Report) - The popular news-sharing site Digg is getting an overhaul that will personalize results, dramatically expand content and, most importantly, make the site "wicked fast," according to its makers. Digg CEO Jay Adelson said Sunday that the changes could increase the site's shared content from about 20,000 submissions a day to millions a day. At the same time, users will get home pages personalized to their interests. Leader boards -- discontinued after complaints from new users and veterans -- will return, with more categories.

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— The Beck Factor at Fox: Staffers say comments taint their work

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Washington Post - By Howard Kurtz - Mar. 15 (News Analysis) - In just over a year, Glenn Beck's blinding burst of stardom has often seemed to overshadow the rest of Fox News.

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— Taliban: Kandahar bombings are a warning

   (Monday, 15 March 2010 03:00)

Salt Lake Tribune - By This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (By Noor Khan And Kay JohnsonThe Associated Press) - Mar. 15 - Kandahar, Afghanistan » The Taliban on Sunday called their deadly bomb attacks on the southern city of Kandahar a warning to NATO's top general that the insurgents are ready for the war's next major offensive in their heartland.

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