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Congress' Old-Media Habit: $1.2 Million a Month on News and Research

(July 21) -- One group of people not contributing to the erosion of paid newspaper subscriptions: our duly elected representatives and their staffs. The hundreds of line items for old-media purchases are among the many clues to Congress' news habits that AOL News spotted in its close reading of the House's last three...

Paterson: I Was Source in Times Story About Me

(March 18) -- When The New York Times reported that New York Gov. David Paterson intervened in a domestic abuse case involving his top aide, Paterson said the story was based on unsourced claims and unnamed sources. Now, the governor says, he was one of those sources. Paterson told a New York radio station today that he...

Dwarf Theme Park a Giant Problem for Little People

(March 9) -- Members of a support group for little people have a giant problem with a theme park in China that puts dwarfs on public display. The park, which is called Kingdom of the Little People, is a $115 million enterprise in southern China's Yunnan Province that features as its top attraction a troupe of dwarfs who...

NY Gov. Paterson Faces Frenzy of Rumors

(Feb. 10) -- It's like watching a dog chase its tail. New York politicians and reporters are caught up in a dizzying swirl of rumors about what's in a story The New York Times is doing on embattled Gov. David Paterson. There were whispers of a "bombshell" to be dropped Monday -- then delayed until Wednesday -- about a...

Can E-Readers Stop the Demise of Book Reading?

(Dec. 11) -- For decades, the number of Americans who read books has been in decline. But with the emergence of hand-held devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook and the Sony Reader, that sad story may be heading for a happier, more literate ending. According to recent findings released by the National...

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The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization.

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