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The former chief executive of General Electric went to Twitter to suggest that the Obama administration had manipulated the jobs numbers.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/from-jack-welch-a-conspiracy-theory/
After seven years of litigation, Google and book publishers reached a settlement that would allow the publishers to choose whether Google digitizes their books and journals, and to share revenue if the works are purchased through Google’s online store, reports Claire Cain Miller in Friday’s New York Times.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/daily-report-google-deal-gives-publishers-a-choice-to-digitize-or-not/
The public editor speaks with Times editors about how they plan to fact-check the first presidential debate.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/in-real-time-and-beforehand-checking-facts-on-the-presidential-debate/
Based on a documentary about an endurance contest in Texas, the show features music by Trey Anastasio (of Phish) and Amanda Green.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/hands-on-a-hardbody-sets-broadway-opening-date/
No state has ever legalized same-sex marriage through a referendum. But that may change on Nov. 6.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/voter-approved-marriage/
In Switzerland, where cows are under stress to be more productive and are showing fewer signs of being in heat, a new device lets farmers know when the time is right.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/world/europe/device-sends-message-to-swiss-farmer-when-cow-is-in-heat.html
Robert Lustyik, an F.B.I. agent in New York, is charged with participating in a multimillion-dollar international plot that involved an Army lieutenant colonel and a defense contractor.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/nyregion/lured-by-promises-of-wealth-fbi-agent-was-drawn-into-fraud-scheme-prosecutors-say.html
Some of New York City’s actions against the demonstrators, who were marching during the Republican National Convention, were upheld in federal court.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/nyregion/protesters-arrests-during-2004-gop-convention-are-ruled-illegal.html
In this week’s New York Times Magazine, Robert Draper looks at what Mitt Romney’s choices tell us about the man who wants to be president.
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Some Republicans complain of a tilt toward Obama in the polls. But in elections past, the forecasts have overestimated on both sides.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/us/last-10-presidential-elections-show-no-consistent-bias-in-polls.html