Susan Saulny Leaves The Times for ABC News
Date: 26 February 2013
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Her departure comes one day after ABC hired Jeff Zeleny, one of the newspaper’s best-known political correspondents, to be the network’s senior Washington correspondent.
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And Now for Some Good News in Soccer
Date: 26 February 2013
By Rob Hughes
Rob Hughes
Kei Kamara, whose family fled war in Sierra Leone while he was a child, is impressing with Norwich City in the Premier League, while the Barcelona defender Eric Abidal is nearing a return.
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The States Get the Bad News
Date: 26 February 2013
With only a few days to go, the White House released details of widespread government spending cuts and the pain they would inflict on every state.
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With Virginia Shipyard as Backdrop, Obama Warns Again on Cuts
Date: 26 February 2013
By Michael D. Shear and Thom Shanker
Michael
The president spoke to employees at Newport News Shipbuilding to illustrate the impact that automatic cuts could have on Virginia’s workers.
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Really Cute, but Totally Faked
Date: 26 February 2013
By Dave Itzkoff
Dave Itzkoff
An adorable animal video on YouTube proved irresistible to several news programs, but its dramatic rescue of a baby goat was staged.
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Now Gathering in Rome, a Conclave of Fallible Cardinals
Date: 27 February 2013
By Laurie Goodstein
Laurie Goodstein
A British cleric resigned over allegations of sexual advances, even as many other clerics accused of failing to remove clergymen linked to child sexual abuse gather to choose a new pope.
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Afghan Sign of Progress Turns Out to Be Error
Date: 27 February 2013
By Matthew Rosenberg
Matthew Rosenberg
The American-led coalition, which had said there was a 7 percent drop in attacks last year, said a clerical error meant the figure was wrong.
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Talk of Inquiry, but Not Much Is Sure After Afghan Ban on U.S. Troops
Date: 26 February 2013
By Matthew Rosenberg
Matthew Rosenberg
A day after President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan ordered American forces out of the Wardak province near the capital, officials from both countries were unclear on next steps.
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Britain Seeks to Restrict K.G.B. Inquest Disclosures
Date: 26 February 2013
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
The government wants to limit the release of information to an inquiry into the poisoning death of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former KGB officer, the BBC reported.
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The Breakfast Meeting: A Loss at DreamWorks Animation, and a Cute Interspecies Rescue Was Fake
Date: 27 February 2013
By Daniel E. Slotnik
Daniel Slotnik
DreamWorks suffered an earnings loss and talked about staff cuts; a heartwarming YouTube video of a pig rescuing a goat that was fodder for many news outlets was faked; and “American Idol” tries to close the feedback loop on TV hashtags.
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