interesting things
President Obama continued his attacks on Mitt Romney’s tenure as Massachusetts governor on Monday, releasing a new television ad that describes Mr. Romney’s economic record in the state as a failure.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/new-obama-ad-continues-focus-on-romneys-term-as-governor/
As is evident by the recent coverage by the mainstream gossip press, technology is no longer just a technology story. Instead, technology is now the new Hollywood.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/technology-is-the-new-hollywood/
Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, has moved to a new publisher for his next book, the story of his intellectual evolution and his work as an atheist.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/books/a-new-publisher-for-richard-dawkins.html
Sales of the Sunday edition of The Sun, a brash daily tabloid, have fallen 28 percent since it first hit newsstands in February.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/business/media/sales-slip-for-the-sun-on-sunday-in-britain-murdochs-new-paper.html
Mr. Dawson gained initial fame in the 1960s playing Cpl. Peter Newkirk, a con man, forger and pickpocket, in the CBS series “Hogan’s Heroes.â€
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/arts/television/richard-dawson-kissing-host-of-family-feud-dies-at-79.html
Christopher G. Donovan, a candidate for Congress, made his first public comments about the scandal since the arrest of his campaign finance manager in the case.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/nyregion/christopher-donovan-connecticut-house-speaker-denies-knowledge-of-scheme-to-kill-a-bill.html
State Senator Thomas K. Duane, 57, said that he had simply tired of ricocheting between the city and Albany, as he has for nearly 14 years, and that he was eager to try something new.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/nyregion/state-senator-thomas-duane-a-gay-rights-advocate-to-retire.html
Western foreign correspondents – Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent among them – are increasingly becoming university professors in China, in a nation that wants international expertise but also grapples with its own issues with free speech.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/the-tension-of-teaching-journalism-in-china/
The Romney team plans to double down on its strategy of trying to keep President Obama on the defensive by refusing to let the focus stray from the struggles of average Americans.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/us/politics/romney-team-declares-war-with-boos-and-a-surprise-event.html
Sue Mengers, who died in October, kept mementos from clients like Barbra Streisand and other celebrities like Jack Nicholson.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/hollywood-agents-estate-sale-displays-star-power/