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

Apr 14, 2011

Bloomberg Makes Math Joke, Proclaims 'Foursquare Day'

It's on April 16 (get it) and he also can't resist a 'mayor' oneliner

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By Adam Martin

Apr 14, 2011

China May Have Made Ai Weiwei an Offer That He Refused

Detaining the artist may not have been Chinese officials' first attempt to rein him in

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By Adam Martin

Apr 14, 2011

What Cops Know and Don't Know About the Long Island Serial Killer

The latest in the case are suspicions that multiple killers could be to blame

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2011

Emailing for a Banned Execution Drug: He Said to Say Hello to You :)

Looking through the email trail of state prison officials seeking to circumvent the DEA

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2011

After All That, NPR's Budget Isn't Touched

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was fully funded in the budget deal

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2011

New York Likes Its Gangsters Tight-Lipped

The city's tabloids' resentful coverage of a mob boss government testimony

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2011

All the News That Fits on Thomas Friedman's Expense Account

The New York Times' columnist's special relationship with his sources: he pays them

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By Adam Martin

Apr 11, 2011

One Month After Quake, Japan Hit with Another Strong Aftershock

Mourners rattled, Fukushima power flickers

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By Adam Martin

Apr 11, 2011

Trimming the Times: Obama's Deficit Plan, Qaddafi and the Media

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

Apr 8, 2011

The Smart Set

Cathie Black's Landing Pad; Smithsonian's Rare Opening

Also in Smart Set: The Obamas' boring-sounding vacation

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By Adam Martin

Apr 8, 2011

Secret U.S. Prisons in Afghanistan Confirmed Again

AP report alleges prisoners held for weeks in temporary sites

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By Adam Martin

Apr 8, 2011

What's Really Behind the Budget Battle, in Congress and Online

Money is no longer at stake but core values are

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By Adam Martin

Apr 8, 2011

Trimming the Times: Budget Battle Rages; Making Sense of the Census

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

Apr 7, 2011

The Smart Set

Kissingers on 'Kennedys'; CNN on Lockdown

Also in your morning filter of the gossip columns: Tina Fey is pregnant

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By Adam Martin

Apr 7, 2011

Why Is Glenn Beck Leaving Fox? A Guide to the Speculation

Mostly it's because he can't keep advertisers

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By Adam Martin

Apr 7, 2011

Budget Progress Stopped, Despite Talk of Compromise

Handshakes and shared press conferences do not prevent a shutdown

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By Adam Martin

Apr 7, 2011

Trimming the Times: Budget Standoff Gets Critical; Rebels in Libya

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

Apr 6, 2011

The Smart Set

Padma Snubs; McNabb Forgives

Plus, Judah Friedlander works with what NBC gave him

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By Adam Martin

Apr 6, 2011

Ivory Coast Opposition Loses Patience, Storms Gbagbo

Strongman leader compared to Hitler hiding in bunker

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By Adam Martin

Apr 6, 2011

What a Government Shutdown Means to You

A look at the worst-case scenario from a few points of view

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By Adam Martin

Apr 6, 2011

Trimming the Times: Preparing for the Shutdown; Big Particle Reveal

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

Apr 5, 2011

The Smart Set

Weiner Reads Congress a Bedtime Story; Fey Goes Bowling

The Smart Set: Billy Joel's book only sounds good now that he's canceled it

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By Adam Martin

Apr 5, 2011

Paul Ryan's Inconvenient Budget Video

The representative's visual aids look strikingly familiar

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By Adam Martin

Apr 5, 2011

Why France and the UN Rushed into the Ivory Coast

There is no NATO-like hesitance to intervene in a deepening civil war

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By Adam Martin

Apr 5, 2011

Trimming the Times: Al Qaeda in Yemen, Space Rocks

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

Apr 4, 2011

CNN Staffers Get Stuck; Steve Martin Gets Familiar

Plus, the etiquette of auctioning the queen's underwear

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By Adam Martin

Apr 4, 2011

U.S. Abandons Yemen President; More Anti-Regime Protesters Killed

Protests continued on Monday amid news that the U.S. has shifted its policy

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By Adam Martin

Apr 4, 2011

Obama's Re-Election Bid Begins with an Ad Without Him

The President appears only momentarily in his first campaign commercial

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By Adam Martin

Apr 4, 2011

Trimming the Times: Qaddafi Sibling Rivalry and More

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

Apr 1, 2011

Schumer's Cell Phone Antics; TMZ Takes on Gorbachev

Also in today's Smart Set: Could a misheard acronym have caused a budget flap?

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By Adam Martin

Apr 1, 2011

F.B.I. Asks for Help with a Murder Case Code

'We are really good at what we do... but we could use some help with this one'

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By Adam Martin

Apr 1, 2011

Is a Libyan Envoy in London to Defect or Surrender?

Qaddafi's regime appears to be collapsing as U.S. decides not to arm rebels

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By Adam Martin

Apr 1, 2011

Trimming the Times: Libyan Government Turmoil; Mad Men is Saved

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

Mar 31, 2011

Cattrall Swipes at Gossip Press; Muppet Mansion Now Murdoch's?

Also In today's Smart Set: Bruce Springsteen's letter-to-the-editor writer

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By Adam Martin

Mar 31, 2011

How to Win Friends by Alienating Religion

Mormons almost like 'Book of Mormon'

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By Adam Martin

Mar 31, 2011

The Nixon Library Has Finally Stopped Calling Watergate a 'Coup'

A long-ridiculed exhibit telling the story of the scandal is being replaced

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By Adam Martin

Mar 31, 2011

Trimming the Times: Fukushima Workers; Tenderloin to Tempeh

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

Mar 30, 2011

Trimming the Times: Libya Debate, Seal Pictures

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

Mar 30, 2011

Arizona Outlaws Race, Sex-Based Abortions

But some say it's just another way of limiting choice

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By Adam Martin

Mar 30, 2011

NBC Had Better Things to Cover Than General Electric's Tax Bill

Comcast is now in charge, but NBC properties barely mention GE's bad PR

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By Adam Martin

Mar 30, 2011

Scalia Gets Summoned; The President Visits Harlem

Also in today's Smart Set: A Johnson & Johnson heiress shows no hard feelings

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By Adam Martin

Mar 30, 2011

Report: Japanese Officials Ignored Fukishima Dangers

TEPCO's own engineer found 10 percent chance of tsunami disaster in 2007 paper

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By Adam Martin

Mar 29, 2011

Meet California's Millionaire Public Employees

It pays to run a hospital district in California

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By Adam Martin

Mar 29, 2011

Trimming the Times: What's Worth Your 20 Clicks Today?

A guide to today's paper for those worried about hitting the pay wall limit

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By Adam Martin

Mar 29, 2011

iPad Editor Has Muppet Pad; Ex-Spook to Hit the Boards

The morning gossip: The Daily's editor maybe paid Edgar Bronfman $25 million for a new apartment, former CIA head Jim Woolsey sings at Elaine's

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By Adam Martin

Mar 29, 2011

What Questions Did Obama Answer on Libya?

In reactions to the president's speech no one seems to know how this will end

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By Adam Martin

Mar 28, 2011

A Guide to the Less-Reported Rumors of the Libyan Conflict

Did a kamizaze pilot kill a Qaddafi son? Has the regime used a tactical nuke?

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By Adam Martin

Mar 28, 2011

The Smart Set: Bloomberg Tries His Best Spider-Man

The day's gossip columns, filtered

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By Adam Martin

Mar 28, 2011

Radioactive Water Leaking from Fukushima Reactor

Water at Fukushima is 100,000 times more radioactive than normal

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