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Reading Eagle, April 28, 2006
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April 28, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in Pennsylvania's
Reading Eagle:
Driving down your cost of gas
By DAN KELLY
The guys at the water cooler can blame the government for high gasoline taxes or big oil companies for profiteering, but experts agree most of us literally can drive down the cost of gasoline.
In fact, you can lower it to 83 cents a gallon. Gasoline prices haven't been that low since before the energy crisis of 1979.
How can you go backward on the gasoline timeline?
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San Jose Mercury News, April 27, 2006
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April 27, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in the
San Jose Mercury News:
Buyer Steps Up for Mercury News
Four-Paper Deal Helps MediaNews' 'Cluster' Strategy
By PETE CAREY and CHRIS O'BRIEN
MediaNews' agreement Wednesday to acquire the Mercury News, Contra Costa Times and two other Knight Ridder newspapers in a $1 billion deal would transform the Bay Area media landscape.
Whether that is ultimately good or bad for journalistic competition in the region is being debated by everyone from readers and reporters to advertisers and competitors.
Denver-based MediaNews is acquiring the papers, including the Monterey County Herald and St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota, from McClatchy. The Sacramento company decided to sell 12 Knight Ridder newspapers after agreeing March 13 to purchase Knight Ridder for $4.5 billion.
The details of the MediaNews deal are fairly complex: MediaNews will purchase the Mercury News and Contra Costa Times, and Hearst, which owns the San Francisco Chronicle, will acquire the Monterey County Herald and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. For tax reasons, Hearst has agreed to trade the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Monterey Herald to MediaNews in return for an investment in MediaNews' assets outside the Bay Area.
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Segodnya, April 26, 2006
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April 26, 2006: A story about the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident, which took place on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl power station, appears on page one of the Kiev, Ukraine newspaper,
Segodnya.
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An-Nahar, April 25 2006
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April 25, 2006: Page one of the Beirut, Lebanon newspaper, An-Nahar, includes a story about the three simultaneous bomb attacks in the resort town of Dahab, Egypt. At least 30 people were killed and more than 115 injured.
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AM New York, April 24, 2006
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April 24, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
AM New York:
Are Yankees courting their own curse?
By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN
The house that Babe Ruth built by hitting balls out of the park now has a date with the wrecking ball, and demolition plans have set off a backlash that has little to do with the loss of parkland or increased traffic, and everything to do with nostalgia.
Having cleared all but a few financial and legal hurdles, the Yankees are planning to build a new stadium across the street from their 83-year-old home. The structure should be finished for the 2009 season, and the most tangible symbol of four generations of Yankees fans will be eradicated soon afterward.
"If there are baseball gods the Yankees will be punished for this," said Jim Bouton, a Yankees pitcher from 1962 to 1968. "The curse of Babe Ruth is going to come visiting on them, saying, 'You've paved over my hallowed ground for a few bucks.'"
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The Daily Telegraph, April 21, 2006
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April 21, 2006: An excerpt from an
editorial in London, England's newspaper,
The Daily Telegraph:
A nation blessed by a golden sovereign
Her Majesty the Queen today becomes only the third sovereign in our history, after King George III and Queen Victoria, to reach the age of 80. King George was mad and Victoria's powers were failing -- both were just over a year from death. Happily, our Queen shows no signs of decline.
No one should be surprised by the affirmation of her cousin, Mrs Margaret Rhodes, that Her Majesty has no intention of abdicating. Nor should she have. With her appetite for work hardly reduced by the years, and her constant and visible presence as head of state, she has become iconic not just of her country generally, but of her generation. She epitomises the robust long life and vitality more and more familiar among the elderly: and, if her late mother, Queen Elizabeth, is any judge, there are abundant years ahead yet.
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Metro, April 20, 2006
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April 20, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the New York edition of
Metro:
Staff Shuffle: Round Two
By TERENCE HUNT (AP)
Washington -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced his pending resignation yesterday as the most sweeping shake-up of President Bush's five years in office continued.
The Bush administration also said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, the political guru who has guided Bush's career since he first ran for Texas governor in the mid-1990s, is giving up his policy portfolio to focus more on electoral politics.
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Morgunbladid, April 19, 2006
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April 19, 2006: Page one from the Reykjavik, Iceland newspaper, Morgunbladid.
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Sun Herald, April 18, 2006
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April 18, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in the
Sun Herald:
Sun Herald Wins Pulitzer 'Dedicated to the people of South Mississippi'
Three named finalists for editorials
By GEOFF PENDER and TOM WILEMON
GULFPORT -- The Sun Herald on Monday received a Pulitzer Prize for public service, and three of the newspaper's editors were listed as finalists for a prize in editorial writing.
"Today is your day, Sun Herald family," Executive Editor Stan Tiner told employees gathered in the newsroom shortly after they erupted in applause at the announcement. "You are truly the best. And to this newsroom I say this: Never have so few worked so hard and so long to tell such a story -- an unending story, as you all know."
Tiner dedicated the Pulitzer Prize gold medal to the people of South Mississippi.
"Finally, this Pulitzer Prize, this gold medal, is dedicated to the people of South Mississippi whose magnificent hearts and spirit moved us every day that we have been privileged to tell the story of their struggle and triumphs," he said. "They will not be defeated, not by Katrina, or anything."
Publisher Ricky Mathews told employees: "It's been a hell of a journey, you guys, and this is the ultimate honor." Mathews said the newspaper has been "a reflection of our community: the pain, the joy, the unbelievable agony and everything that comes with that" and added that "Our best journalism is still ahead of us because this Sun Herald is in a community that has never been in the situation that we're in right now. We're in no-man's land."
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The Times-Picayune, April 18, 2006
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April 18, 2006: An excerpt from a
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The Times-Picayune:
TP wins two Pulitzers, in public service, breaking news
Columnist Chris Rose finalist in commentary
By JAMES O'BYRNE
With reporters and editors in the newsroom of their battered city cheering and crying at the same time, The Times-Picayune won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including a gold medal for meritorious public service, for the newspaper's coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
The newspaper also received a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished reporting of breaking news for Katrina coverage. Both prizes were awarded to the newspaper's staff.
In addition to the paper's two awards, Chris Rose was honored as a finalist in the commentary category for his columns about the devastating psychic and emotional toll of the storm on the community. The commentary award was won by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times.
The Times-Picayune newsroom erupted in applause when the awards were announced Monday afternoon. But with much of the New Orleans area still in ruins, and with dozens of staff members among the tens of thousands of residents who lost homes and possessions in the storm, the celebration was more subdued than what normally attends the achievement of journalism's pinnacle.
"Our celebration today is tempered by the knowledge that we lost so much -- more than 1,000 people dead and our communities so deeply wounded," editor Jim Amoss told the staff as many quietly wept. "If there is a saving grace here, it's the love that tragedy lays bare -- our love for each other, our love for this newspaper, our love for this community. We must love it back to life, and that's what we celebrate today."
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San Francisco Chronicle, April 18, 2006
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April 18, 2006: An excerpt from a
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San Francisco Chronicle:
The Great Quake,
April 18, 1906
100th Anniversary
From Smoke and Ruin, A New City
By CARL NOLTE
Why is it important to remember the Bay Area's biggest disaster?
Because the 1906 earthquake and fire was a terrific story -- a force of nature that shook a famous city without warning, a fire that destroyed the ruins, a story that was both a tragedy and a science lesson, with myths and legends, and even with survivors, living relics of another time. _______________________________________________
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Irish Independent, April 17, 2006
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April 17, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the
Irish Independent:
In step with history
More than 120,000 turn out to honour 1916 heroes
By MIRIAM LORD
In took some of us by surprise, this communal catch in the throat, when drums rolled and the Tricolour fluttered to the top of its flagpole above the GPO.
For a time on this special Easter Sunday eyes misted over and the tens of thousands of people who lined the street of Dublin found a common bond, united in a sense of national pride and belonging.
Outside of all the pomp and political posturing, an extraordinary groundswell of public emotion cut to the core of yesterday's 1916 parade in Dublin.
….Yesterday was about reinstating a pilfered past to all the people of Ireland, allowing the nation to slip back in step with history again.
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Kleine Zeitung, April 14, 2006
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April 14, 2006: Stories about Good Friday and Easter are included in this edition of the Klagenfurt, Austria newspaper,
Kleine Zeitung.
(You may need to use a language
translation site.) Here is their page one photo caption:
Innehalten am Karfreitag: Als Christus mit ausgebreiteten Armen gestaltete Valentin Oman den Altar der Seminar-Kirche Tanzenberg / Karnten.
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Newsday, April 13, 2006
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April 13, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
Newsday:
31 minutes of terror in the sky
By JOHN RILEY
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Thirty-one minutes and 12 seconds of chaotic, bloodcurdling horror.
The raw, evocative sounds of the final half-hour onboard United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, from a stewardess begging for her life to passengers assaulting the cockpit, resonated in federal court here yesterday as prosecutors closed their death-penalty case against Zacarias Moussaoui by playing the plane's voice recorder for the first time publicly.
Transfixed jurors heard the brusque voice of a hijacker order a captive to "shut up" and "lie down. Down, down, down," repeating the orders 29 times to pleas of, "Please, please, please ... please, please don't hurt me ... Oh God." In another chilling exchange, a shaken captive said, "I don't want to die" three times and "no, no, please" to orders of "down."
About two minutes later, a hijacker reported back to an accomplice in Arabic, "Everything is fine. I finished."
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Il Giornale di Sardegna, April 12, 2006
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April 12, 2006: The Cagliari, Italy newspaper, Il Giornale di Sardegna, reports on the contested election between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his opponent, Romano Prodi.
The newspaper also features a story about the arrest of Bernardo Provenzano, the head of the Sicilian Mafia, who had escaped capture for 43 years.
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USA Today, April 11, 2006
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April 11, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
USA Today:
Immigrants, backers demand citizenship
By LAURA PARKER
Hundreds of thousands of people demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants took to the streets in dozens of cities from New York to San Diego on Monday in some of the most widespread demonstrations since the mass protests began around the country last month.
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, wearing white shirts and carrying banners reading "We Have A Dream Too" staged rallies Monday in cities across the USA to demand citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.
"I would love to be a citizen," said Alex Vega, 45, at a rally in Santa Ana, Calif. "I've been in the shadows for a long time."
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The State, April 10, 2006
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April 10, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in Columbia, South Carolina's newspaper,
The State:
THE 2006 MASTERS
Mickelson swings his way to victory
By BOB GILLESPIE
AUGUSTA -- The last time Phil Mickelson won the Masters title, he reacted with a height-challenged victory leap after his clinching birdie putt on the final hole at Augusta National.
Late Sunday afternoon, after capturing his second green jacket in three years, Mickelson was able to enjoy a considerably more leisurely celebration.
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The Denver Post, April 7, 2006
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April 7, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
The Denver Post:
Judas: Traitor or loyal disciple?By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
The New York Times
Washington -- For 2,000 years, Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story.
The "Gospel of Judas" tells a far different tale from the four Gospels in the New Testament. It portrays Judas as a favored disciple who was given special knowledge by Jesus -- and who turned him in at Jesus' request.
"You will be cursed by the other generations -- and you will come to rule over them," Jesus tells Judas in the document made public Thursday.
The discovery in the desert of Egypt of the leather-bound papyrus manuscript in the 1970s, and now its translation, was announced by the National Geographic Society at a news conference in Washington.
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The Detroit News, April 6, 2006
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April 6, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
The Detroit News:
Can Katie Cut It?
By MEKEISHA MADDEN TOBY
Katie Couric has yet to deliver her first CBS newscast and questions are already swirling as to whether or not she can make it as the first woman in history to solely anchor a network news broadcast.
The trademark smile that made Couric a household name for 15 years on NBC's "Today" show could work against her when it comes to delivering hard-hitting news, some television analysts and broadcast journalists said Wednesday. Others contend she is the radical change network news needs.
"CBS chose Katie Couric because she is a bona-fide celebrity with news credibility," said Robert Thompson, professor of popular television and culture at Syracuse University's New-house School. "It's a big story because CBS is naming a permanent anchor. What makes it a bigger deal is her status and because she is a woman making history, a lot of people are going to be watching her very closely, especially in the beginning."
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The New York Times, April 5, 2006
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April 5, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
The New York Times:
A Partisan Leaves Congress; Will an Era Follow Suit?
By ROBIN TONER
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Representative Tom DeLay was the last man standing among the top three Republicans who took control of the House after the 1994 Republican landslide, and he leaves, in many ways, the most complex and contentious legacy from their conservative reign on Capitol Hill.
Mr. DeLay, who stepped down as majority leader last fall after being indicted in Texas, told his constituents on Tuesday that he would not run for re-election and would resign from Congress in the next few months.
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The Gainesville Sun, April 4, 2006
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April 4, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
The Gainesville Sun:
Florida 73, UCLA 57
CHAMPIONS!
Gators Roar Past UCLA for First National Title
Jubilant UF fans take over University Ave.
By DEBORAH BALL
The excitement of winning University of Florida's first-ever national basketball championship exploded into an uncontainable wave of celebration overnight Monday as fans burst out into the streets near campus screaming, hugging and exchanging victory high-fives.
The deafening roar of fans and the constant tooting of car horns drowned out conversation even as Gainesville police closed W. University Avenue between the president's house and 13th Street.
This was, without a doubt, the heart of the Gator Nation.
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The Jackson Sun, April 3, 2006
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April 3, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in
The Jackson (Tennessee) Sun:
Deadly Night
By AMY MCDANIEL
BRADFORD -- At least 10 people were feared dead Sunday night after tornadoes reportedly touched down in several West Tennessee counties, though emergency officials were still assessing injuries and the extent of the damage.
Eight fatalities were reported in Dyer County in the Newbern area, according to Kurt Pickering with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
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Gazeta Krakowska, April 2, 2006
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April 2, 2006: The Krakow, Poland newspaper, Gazeta Krakowska, reports on the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II.
