Media Decoder Blog: Robert Thomson to Be Chief of News Corporation's New Publishing Company

Robert Thomson, the top editor at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones and a confidante of News Corporation’s chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, is expected to be named chief executive of the media conglomerate’s newly spun-off publishing company.Mr. Thomson will run the separate, publicly traded company, which will include The Journal, The New York Post, HarperCollins and a suite of lucrative...

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Tennis umpire Lois Goodman kisses attorney after murder case tossed

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Friday dismissed the murder case against professional tennis umpire Lois Goodman,...

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Make Me a Pallet in the Cloud

Adrian Holovaty has two great passions. As a web developer he co-created the popular Python framework Django. As a virtuoso guitarist he channels the music of Django Reinhardt and posts popular YouTube videos. A few years back Adrian mentioned to me that he was working on an application that would combine these interests. This month it arrived. Soundslice is a tool with many uses:Scoring music...

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Emmy Awards date announced by CBS

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George H.W. Bush hospitalized for bronchitis

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Staples Announces In-Store 3-D Printing Service

Pretty soon you’ll be able to print your 3-D projects at the local Staples.A new service called “Staples Easy 3D” will allow customers to upload their designs to Staples’ website, then pick up the printed objects at their local office supply megastore, or have them shipped to their home or business — not unlike the photo- and document-printing service the company...

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Russian court bans “extremist” Pussy Riot video

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court ruled on Thursday that video footage of the Pussy Riot punk group protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a church was “extremist” and should be removed from websites.The demonstration last February offended many Russian Orthodox Christians. But Putin has been criticized by U.S. and European leaders over what they saw as disproportionate jail sentences imposed...

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Cost of Brand-Name Prescription Medicines Soaring

The price of brand-name prescription medicines is rising far faster than the inflation rate, while the price of generic drugs has plummeted, creating the largest gap so far between the two, according to a report published Wednesday by the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. The report tracked an index of commonly used drugs and found that the price of brand-name medicines increased...

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Despite G.D.P. Revision to 2.7%, Growth May Have Ebbed Since

Even as the government said that the United States economy grew faster than first estimated in the third quarter, economists warned that the rate of expansion could slow sharply before the end of the year as worries mount about the fiscal impasse in Washington. Nam Y. Huh/Associated PressAn employee on the assembly line this month at Generac Power Systems in Whitewater, Wis., a maker...

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Norquist: GOP concern over tax pledge just 'impure thoughts'

Grover Norquist on Wednesday rebuffed claims that his anti-tax crusade is losing steam, calling statements from prominent Republicans...

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