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The Lede: Starting a Lede, and Finishing It
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 11:03pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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It's been 17 months since I picked up where Tom Zeller left off, filling this blog of many interests.
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The Lede: Salmonella Outbreak Declared Over
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 6:23pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The last chapter of the Salmonella outbreak is written with uncertainty.
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The Lede: Asperger’s Added to Hacker’s Defense
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 1:33pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The case of the British conspiracy buff who hacked his way onto the wrong side of American law at a particularly sensitive time would seem to have reached a crucial point.
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The Lede: Sydney Comes Clean on Olympic Ruse
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 1:33pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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It seems that Lin Miaoke, the adorable 9-year-old who perhaps unknowingly lip-synched to another girl's voice in Beijing, was hardly the first musical performer to have faked it for a global Olympic audience.
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The Lede: Fired Crisis Director Resurfaces
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:30pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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Fired in the fallout over the handling of the bridge collapse, Sonia Pitt was hired at the T.S.A.
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The Lede: Salmonella Traced to Jalapeño
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 7:18pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The F.D.A. chases down an increasingly likely suspect in the outbreak.
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The Lede: Somali Pirates Move North
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 8:03pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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Attacks are surging in one of the world's most strategic waterways.
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The Lede: Menus and Meaning at G-8 Gathering
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 7:33pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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Your world leaders: are they what they eat at fancy summits?.
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The Lede: A Post-9/11 Low for Terror Concerns
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 11:48am EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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A CNN prompts a question: Is it the end of 9/11 as a defining issue?.
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The Lede: Zimbabwe's Long Road to Happiness
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 8:03am EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The results of a U.S. government-funded study were hardly surprising.
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The Lede: State Dept. Counters Iran Report
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 5:55pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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An ABC News report shakes oil markets as most officials refuse to comment.
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The Lede: N. Korean Nuclear Disarmament on TV
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 8:28pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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North Korea is about to inject some of its theatric flair into a tedious storyline.
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The Lede: F.D.A. Aims at Herbal Cancer ‘Cures’
Posted: June 18th, 2008, 1:13pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The agency tells a host of companies to stop making unsupported marketing claims like “causes cancer cells to commit suicide!”.
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The Lede: Ed McMahon, Housing Crisis Casualty
Posted: June 6th, 2008, 12:18pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The jovial sidekick to the late Johnny Carson explains how he got so far behind on his payments that foreclosure looms.
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The Lede: Australia Looks Back on Iraq War
Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 1:18pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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Australia ends its involvement in an unpopular war.
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The Lede: Scary Prank About Al Qaeda and W.M.D.
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 3:18pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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A headline turns less dire upon closer inspection.
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Paulson Says Economy Is Starting to Rebound
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:42am EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., delivered a guardedly optimistic message to business leaders.
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The Lede: Italians’ Salaries Briefly on the Web
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 1:13pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The Italian government decides to expose online data on taxpayers -- deliberately, but not for long. -
The Lede: Spain Next to Deal With Somali Pirates
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 4:13pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The latest military standoff between a Western government and a band of Somali thugs. -
The Lede: Slamming Efforts to Find bin Laden
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 6:58pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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Ah, the efficiency of America’s film critics -- if only leading voices in the political world were as dependable. -
The Lede: Watering Down Smoking Bans
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:23pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The Lede: Report on ’94 Rapper Shooting in Doubt
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:38pm EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The Los Angeles Times is reviewing its recent report linking Sean Combs to the shooting of Tupac Shakur. -
The Lede: Second Arrest in Eve Carson Case
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 11:08am EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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Lawrence Alvin Lovett Jr. was arrested almost 24 hours after his alleged accomplice.