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

May 19, 2011

Trimming the Times: IMF's New Boss; Private Prisons

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

May 18, 2011

A VIP Perk for Strauss-Kahn: Shackles on His Way to Court

High-profile status means some perks, but some drawbacks for Strauss-Kahn in Rikers

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By Adam Martin

May 18, 2011

New York Post's 'HIV Shock' Cover Denied and Condemned

The tabloid claimed that Strauss-Kahn's alleged victim may be HIV-positive

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By Adam Martin

May 18, 2011

Get to Know Your DSK Lawyers: Ben Brafman vs. Jeff Shapiro

As the Stauss-Kahn case continues, these two will be facing off in the press for months

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By Adam Martin

May 18, 2011

Strauss-Kahn's Fame in New York City Came After His Arrest

The detectives on the case didn't recognize him as a leading French politician

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By Adam Martin

May 18, 2011

Trimming the Times: Reactor Lessons; Drowning the Flood

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

May 17, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Accuser Says She Didn't Know the IMF Chief

Her lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, says there's "no agenda" behind her criminal complaint

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Initial Air France 447 Black Box Data Point to Crew Error

But voice recordings crucial to understanding the crash haven't been recovered

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Climate Change Scientists Face Inconvenient Truths

Data featured in Al Gore's film turns out to be more complicated than simple graphs

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Photographers Battle Rain, Each Other to Shoot DSK

Reuters shooters share war stories from a news stakeout in New York

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

DSK Accuser Is Shy, Religious Mom, According to Friends and Brother

The former IMF chief's alleged victim hasn't spoken to press, but others have

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Pins Defense on Datebook, Claim of Consent

Former IMF director says he was rushing out of the hotel, not fleeing

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2011

Trimming the Times: Scrutinizing Banks; French Silence

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

May 16, 2011

Plagued by Abuse Scandals, Vatican Pledges to Work with Police

Amnesty International has included the Vatican in its list of human rights abusers

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Mob Boss Trial with Mafia Witnesses Ends with Guilty Verdict

Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano faces the death penalty for murder

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

An Online Forum About New York Cops Gone Bad

Suspicions the Long Island killer has law enforcement leads to an outpouring of tales

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Held Without Bail; Graphic Details Released

IMF director seen as flight risk as criminal complaint describes alleged assault

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Playstation Network Creeping Back Online

Japan, however, wants more security measures before the gaming network returns there

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Getting to Know the Soyuz, NASA's New Space Ferry

The U.S. space program will piggyback on Russian rockets for a while

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Trimming the Times: IMF Fallout; A Mixer for 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

May 13, 2011

The NYPD's Secret Anti-Terrorism Equipment: Traffic Cones?

A secret document is accidentally thrown out, revealing mostly pretty banal stuff

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By Adam Martin

May 13, 2011

LAPD's New Crime-Fighting Technique: Billboards

Department turns to an old technology to get its message out

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By Adam Martin

May 13, 2011

Bradley Manning Activist Explains Why He's Suing the Government

David House, whose laptop was seized, says agents offered bribes for tips on hackers

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By Adam Martin

May 13, 2011

Trimming the Times: Pakistan Terror; Trump as Grifter

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

May 12, 2011

The New Viral Political Ad: Dan Adler's Korean-Jewish Alliance

Koreans, Jews, bloggers all scandalized--and boom, publicity!

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

Reactions from the Right to Romney's Health Care Speech

His critics don't appeared to be swayed by an argument based on states' rights

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

New York Terror Suspect Is a Fashion Model, 'Good Kid,' Says Father

The Times talked with the father of one of the two arrested for terrorism last night

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

See Edward Ardizzone's Lost 'Huck Finn' Illustrations

Drawings done by the English artist in 1970 were found in a publisher's desk

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

The Fracking Song: Making Geology Catchy

Groundwater contamination isn't usually the stuff of pop hits, but it is now

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

Donor Gives Honest Dallas Teen $4,000

After the city decided to keep $2,000 she found and turned in, teen is vindicated

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

Two Arrested in New York Terror Plot

NYPD acts without FBI in arresting men trying to buy guns and grenades

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By Adam Martin

May 12, 2011

Trimming the Times: Squeezing Charities; The Dogs of War

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

May 11, 2011

Navy Grapples with Gay Marriage Ceremony Policy

An order allowing chaplains to perform same-sex unions was issued then rescinded

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

Let's Panic: Bedbugs Found Infected with 'Superbug' Germ

Once just itchy, now they can carry drug-resistant diseases

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

More States Consider Sonogram Laws, Target Planned Parenthood

On the heels of controversial Texas legislation, more state attacks on abortion

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

What's Going on with Libya, on the Ground and in the U.N.

Rebels take Misrata airport, fears of a death squad, U.N. calls for peace

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

Honesty Doesn't Pay in Dallas: City Keeping $2,000 Found by Teen

The 15-year-old found $2,000 in a mall parking lot and turned it in

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

Hedge Fund Billionaire Rajaratnam Guilty of Insider Trading

Galleon hedge fund founder goes down on all 14 charges

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2011

Trimming the Times: Nazi Family Tragedy; Fed Folds

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

May 10, 2011

Texas to Require Sonograms Before Abortions

The state would also impose a 24-hour waiting period for women

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2011

Somali Piracy Is the Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living

Pirate pay runs about $33,000 to $79,000 -- about 150 times the national average wage

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2011

Jetman Flew Across the Grand Canyon and No One Watched

After he canceled his Friday flight, no media showed up for the Saturday's success

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2011

Miracle Man Survives Two Mediterranean Shipwrecks

After almost everyone died in Friday's Tripoli sinking, survivor says he will try again

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2011

Fighting Boredom on the Long Island Killer Beat

Their story is gruesome, but the time spent waiting in the parking lot is goofy

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2011

ICC to Request Arrest Warrants for Qaddafi and Son

ICC prosecutor says they and intelligence chief committed crimes against humanity

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2011

Trimming the Times: Plan B in Pakistan; Newt's Ready

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

May 9, 2011

Naming the Long Island Killer: 'What Rhymes With Burlap?'

The tabloid search for a catchy moniker, and the uncomfortable reflections it provokes

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By Adam Martin

May 9, 2011

D.A.: Long Island Bodies the Work of Multiple Killers

A serial killer may be partly responsible, but others have dumped remains too

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By Adam Martin

May 9, 2011

Japan After the News Cycle: High-Tide Flooding, Reactors Closing

The nation faces a bevy of sizable problems, though the world's eyes are elsewhere

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By Adam Martin

May 9, 2011

Rail Commuters Balk at Proposed 'No-Ride List' for Trains

Chuck Schumer is calling for one, but riders don't want the TSA in stations

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