Author: Adam Martin

Shep Smith Apologizes After Fox News Airs a Suicide

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A carjacking suspect being chased by police in Phoenix suddenly got out of the car and shot himself on live television, prompting Fox News's Shepard Smith to apologize after the network aired the footage.

By Adam Martin

Jun 22, 2011

Trimming the Times: Afghanistan Preview; Summer Drinks

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 21, 2011

New York's H&H Bagels Is Closing: A Pop Culture History

The famous Upper West Side bakery will shutter tomorrow

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By Adam Martin

Jun 21, 2011

Digesting the Supreme Court's Wal-Mart Decision

Commentators are divided on whether, and why, the corporate victory was a bad thing

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By Adam Martin

Jun 21, 2011

LulzSec Scoffs at Report the U.K. Arrested One of Them

Teen hacker was apparently a chat administrator who antagonized Anonymous

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By Adam Martin

Jun 21, 2011

Trimming the Times: Lucky Lawyers; Medicine Show

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

The Ways an Urban Garden May Not Be Good for You

Funny tasting food is just one problem with growing crops in the city environment

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Glitter Bombs: Weapons of Mass Reactions

A politician's guide to surviving a glitter attack

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Packer Gets Personal With Rajaratnam Profile

The New Yorker's 11,000-word dual profile has new details about the Galleon trial

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

CNN's Ed Henry to Lead Fox White House Coverage

After backing Fox to take Helen Thomas's briefing room seat, Henry will fill it

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Lawyers on Opposite Sides of DSK Case, Dinner Table

A prosecutor recused herself because her husband works for the defense

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Mubarak's Lawyer Says the Former Egyptian Leader Has Cancer

Former Egyptian president is due to stand trial on Aug. 3

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Charlotte Bloomberg, New York Mayor's Mother, Dies at 102

Michael Bloomberg remembers her for "fierce independence and constant love"

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Newly Activist LulzSec Rushes to Sega's Defense

The group launches a transparency campaign as it promises vengeance for Sega hackers

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By Adam Martin

Jun 20, 2011

Trimming the Times: Tax Holiday; Combat Drones

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

Get to Know Scott and Alex, the Vancouver Riot Kissers

Including video of Scott's stand-up comedy routine

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

Student Guide: How to Prevent a Yearbook Recall

A California high school just had a child pornography problem, for example

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

U.S. Drops Charges Against Bin Laden

Criminal case officially over with defendant dead

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

LulzSec Explains Itself, Sort Of

The hacking pranksters have issued a kind of manifesto

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

After Joplin Tornadoes, 900 Pets Need Homes

Humane Society shelter plans massive 'adopt-a-thon'

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

Vancouver Riot's Kissing Couple Identified

Reports say the couple are an apsiring Australian comedian and his Canadian girlfriend

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

Police Arrest Marine Reservist in Pentagon Bomb Scare

Man detained with 'suspicious device,' al-Qaeda literature

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By Adam Martin

Jun 17, 2011

Trimming the Times: Austerity Unrest; Mental Health Tragedy

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 16, 2011

DSK Asked for Diplomatic Immunity When He Was Arrested

A document filed by the prosecution details what he told police at JFK

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By Adam Martin

Jun 16, 2011

Vancouver Riot Kiss Photographer Doubts It Was Staged

Getty's Richard Lam: Police were not :in any mood for people to be playing around"

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By Adam Martin

Jun 16, 2011

The Search for the Kissing Couple in the Vancouver Riot

The couple smooching during the chaos may not know yet that they're famous

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By Adam Martin

Jun 16, 2011

Food Critic Sam Sifton Is In a Downgrading Kind of Mood

The 'Times' critic raises eyebrows by knocking stars off high-profile chefs

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By Adam Martin

Jun 16, 2011

What People Are Doing With 62,000 Leaked Logins

LulzSec drops a huge list of emails and passwords, but doesn't say where they're from

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By Adam Martin

Jun 16, 2011

Trimming the Times: Pakistan's Army; A Hockey Riot

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

LulzSec Claims It Shut Down the CIA's Web Site

The intelligence agency would be the group's most significant government target yet

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

Gabrielle Giffords Released from Hospital

After five months, early news reports say congresswoman is discharged

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

Lunar Eclipse Feeds Let Google Show Off Slooh

Astronomic event is a "coming-out party" for the partnered sites

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

Buy a Date With Julian Assange

As the Wikileaks founder's legal fees mount, he's resorting to gimmicky fundraisers

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

Video: Werner Herzog Reads 'Go the F*ck to Sleep'

The director puts in a wonderful performance at the New York Public Library

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

LulzSec Takes Requests; Maine Local News Editor Denies Involvement

The hacking group had a frenzy of attacks yesterday

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

Loughner Hearing Transcripts Add Confusion, Not Clarity

Reporters in the courtroom say official account of his outburst is incorrect

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By Adam Martin

Jun 15, 2011

Trimming the Times: CIA Informants Arrested; Beyond El Bulli

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

FBI Reviewing Lance Armstrong's Run-In with Doping Accuser

A tense confrontation between rivals could be construed as witness tampering

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

Challenge to Gay Judge's Prop. 8 Ruling Is Rejected

A court rules the judge's sexual orientation isn't a conflict of interest

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

'Times' Identifies DSK Accuser's Hometown

It's a far cry from naming the accuser, but it's still a first in the United States

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

Meet the Lawyer Who Sued the Internet

A lawyer takes legal action against the many people who made fun of him

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

No More Waterproof Sunscreen, and Other New FDA Rules

Marketing guidelines for sunscreen are being updated for the first time in 33 years

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By Adam Martin

Jun 14, 2011

Trimming the Times: GOP Debate; College and Race

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 13, 2011

LulzSec Says it Hacked into U.S. Senate Site

It would be the group's first U.S. government intrusion

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By Adam Martin

Jun 13, 2011

Turkish Cops Arrest 32 Alleged Anonymous Members

The hactivist collective presses its attack on the Spanish police and Turkish government

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By Adam Martin

Jun 13, 2011

Hearing Opens on a Gay Judge's Prop. 8 Decision

Lawyers argue that Judge Walker's sexuality represents a conflict of interest

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By Adam Martin

Jun 13, 2011

The New Powers the FBI Just Granted Itself

A rewritten operations manual relaxes restrictions on investigation tools

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By Adam Martin

Jun 13, 2011

Trimming the Times: FBI's New Powers; Humanizing Debt Collectors

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Martin

Jun 10, 2011

Swimming, Not Drowning, in Palin and Weiner Coverage

The common complaint that scandalous stories displace important ones is bunk

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By Adam Martin

Jun 10, 2011

Why a Chicago Sun-Times TV Critic Faked a Review

Paige Wiser was fired for reviewing a Glee song she didn't see, but she had her reasons

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By Adam Martin

Jun 10, 2011

Tim Hetherington's Partner Gives Up War Reporting

The co-creator of 'Restrepo' says he doesn't want his wife to go through what he did

Comments | 1,203 Views

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