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Valérie Trierweiler, the partner of President François Hollande, said she would continue to contribute to Paris Match magazine.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/world/europe/first-lady-keeps-career-but-choice-stirs-unease.html
President Obama and Mitt Romney appeared in a comedy sketch opening the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night, reaching the country music fans who populate so many battleground states.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/in-a-moment-of-levity-obama-and-romney-poke-fun-at-politics/
Have you heard a little buzzing in your ear while out on the patio or in the backyard? It seems that everyone agrees that this summer is going to be a bad one for mosquitoes in the Northeast.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/opinion/mosquito-coast.html
Republicans have accused the Obama administration of leaking for political advantage, and Democrats lodged their own protests about high-level disclosures.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/world/americas/drones-and-cyberattacks-renew-debate-over-security.html
After having been expelled from a retreat in Arizona, Ian Thorson, was found dead in a cave nearby, and his wife, Christie McNally was found thirsty and delirious.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/mysterious-yoga-retreat-ends-in-a-grisly-death.html
What should Facebook do to safely and legally let children under 13 use the site? Its advisers offer a wish list that includes an advertisement-free environment – a costly proposition for Facebook – and a requirement that children “friend” their parents on Facebook, so that they can see what is posted.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/facebooks-friends-propose-restrictions-to-allow-tweens-to-join-the-site/
London-based members-only club will open in India.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/soho-house-expansion-plans-include-mumbai/
Months after U.S. diplomats brokered a deal to allow 11 Americans to leave Egypt without standing trial, an Egyptian-American activist also charged was detained as he returned to proclaim his innocence.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/egyptian-american-activist-returns-to-cairo-to-stand-trial-for-democracy-promotion/
The Western-style drama had a total audience of 4.1 million, the most viewers for any new series on cable television this season.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/the-call-of-the-west-longmire-draws-a-crowd-to-ae/
Amazon got in trouble last summer after a newspaper expose revealed the extreme conditions that its warehouse workers in Pennsylvania were laboring under. This summer, things will be different.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/at-amazons-warehouses-cooler-times/