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Feds drop charges against late Internet activist Aaron Swartz
Federal prosecutors in Boston have dropped charges against Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz, 26, was found dead Friday in his New York apartment. He apparently had hanged himself. Prosecutors filed the notice of dismissal on Monday. Swartz's...
Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Heavy Engineering, Politics
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Anna Wintour, the ambassador in Prada (and Dior and Rochas ...)?
There’s buzz that Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom-- correctly known as ambassador to the Court of St. James's. When White...
Tags: Dan Rooney, Greenwich Village, U.S. Department of State, Entertainment, Politics
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Aaron Swartz, a casualty in the battle over the Internet and property rights
Aaron Swartz was a wunderkind, a gifted boy who became a remarkable young man. He created a Wikipedia-like Web app and RSS software when he was a teenager. As a college student, he co-founded the website service Reddit. But like a figure in a fairy...Tags: Napster Inc., Ethics, Punishment, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Travelzoo: Travel Smart With Gabe Saglie
KTLA NewsLong Weekend South of the Border Mazatlan, Mexico Roundtrip airfare from LAX to Mazatlan 4 days, 3 nights at the El Cid Castilla Beach Hotel • Located in the Golden Zone near restaurants, shopping, nightlife and the city's best swimming beaches •...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Los Angeles International Airport, Automotive Equipment, Pierce Brosnan, Personal Service
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HBO Ethel Kennedy documentary, interview give intimate, loving portrait of her life
Channel Guide MagazineBy Jacqueline Cutler HBO’s Ethel Kennedy documentary Ethel, debuting Oct. 18, is an intimate, loving portrait of the fun-loving, fearless woman, Ethel Kennedy, who was the wife of Bobby Kennedy and mother to their 11 children. It was through the... -
Details, CFDA to release limited-edition pocket squares
Conde Nast men's magazine Details has commissioned 10 members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America -- including Marc Jacobs, Thom Browne and John Varvatos -- to create limited-edition pocket squares to benefit the CFDA's charitable efforts. As...
Tags: Thom Browne, Richard Chai, John Varvatos, Marc Jacobs, Robert Geller
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The Crisco Hotline, and more Thanksgiving online help
The Baltimore SunCan't crimp? The pros at the Crisco Pie Hotline are back to serve up expert pie-baking advice, recipes and tips year round and for extended hours during the Thanksgiving season. I like this one. The InSinkErator site has a good page on how to repair a...Tags: The New York Times, Lifestyle and Leisure, Recipes, Saveur, Turkey
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City Council Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from the Oct. 2 City Council meeting. All council members were present. * EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS Mayor Jane Egly presented Bree Burgess Rosen, founder, producer and director of "Lagunatics," with a proclamation recognizing the show's...Tags: Litigation, Bowling, Thalia, Orange County Superior Court, Arts and Culture
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Carol M. Herndon, volunteer
Carol M. Herndon, a longtime volunteer and advocate for the developmentally disabled, died Sept. 8 of complications from cancer at PowerBack Rehabilitation in Lutherville. She was 82.
The daughter of a surgeon and a homemaker, Carol Mae Smith was born...Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Baltimore County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., March of Dimes Foundation
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World Trade Center Returns to New York Skyline
CNNNEW YORK -- Eleven years after terrorist attacks destroyed New York's World Trade Center, the replacement towers are finally taking shape and attracting new tenants -- even though most of the site's buildings are still under construction. The most...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Jonathan Miller, Manhattan (New York City), Reconstruction, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Don't be duped, workers
Jason Gould, a leading American railroad developer and speculator whom Conde Nast Portfolio called, “the eighth worst American CEO of all time," once boasted, “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half," according to Jack Beatty's...Tags: Human Interest, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Breads, Holidays
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