Search results for ‘Felicity Spector’
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Internet reporting comes in from the cold with Pulitzer win
The online newspaper, the Huffington Post, has won its first Pulitzer prize for a series on wounded US soldiers returning from the battlefield. Are new media winning serious credibility at last?
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Justice for Trayvon – but a fair trial for Zimmerman?
George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, appears in court today to face charges of second degree murder. Now his lawyer says he is concerned about getting a fair trial.
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Romney vs Rosen: the war on women gets personal
One issue has dominated the US election campaign today: women, work and stay-at-home moms. A Democratic operative’s comments about Mitt Romney’s wife Ann has sparked a political firestorm.
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New Trayvon twist as Zimmerman lawyers quit
Lawyers representing George Zimmerman, the man who shot unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, say they are dropping him – as a new announcement on the case is imminent.
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Rick Santorum pulls out of US presidential race
It’s all over for the Republican hopeful Rick Santorum – who has announced the end of his campaign, after phoning the front runner Mitt Romney to admit defeat.
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Two arrests after fatal shootings in Oklahoma
Two men have been charged with murder after a shooting spree in a predominantly black district of Tulsa – which left three people dead and two others badly wounded.
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More jobs for America, but only just
America’s jobs market slowed down last month, as companies stopped taking on new workers, revealing more uncertainty about the prospects for economic growth.
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Obama’s flagship health care law hangs in the balance
The arguments are over; the rhetoric is done. Now America’s deeply divided Supreme Court must decide whether President Obama’s signature achievement should stand, fall, or be largely struck down.
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Mass protests in solidarity with Trayvon Martin
On the streets, and online: thousands of people across America are demanding justice for the black teenager shot dead in Florida, while the hoodie has become an unlikely symbol of protest.
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US Supreme Court decides fate of Obama’s healthcare law
In the biggest case for more than 40 years, nine justices must decide whether the president’s sweeping healthcare reforms should be declared unconstitutional. Will the law, or politics prevail?
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Money versus momentum in the Republican race
Another clean sweep for Mitt Romney, with a resounding win in Puerto Rico’s primary. But though he’s narrowly tipped to win the crucial Illinois race – how come his rival has all the momentum?
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Campaigner-in-chief: Obama’s new docu-mercial
It’s the unofficial kick-off of Obama’s re-election campaign: a slick, 17 minute documentary about his presidency, narrated by Tom Hanks. The aim? To make it an online sensation.
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All together now, as Obama welcomes the Brits
It was the politics of their style as much as the style of their politics, as President Obama and David Cameron lavished mutual praise at last night’s celebrity-packed White House dinner.
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Santorum’s southern comfort means misery for Mitt
“We did it again”, a giddy Rick Santorum told supporters after suprising the pundits with two more primary wins. Bad news for Mitt Romney and for a Republican party facing a long, bitter fight ahead.
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Special again as Obama puts out flags for Cameron
Britain’s special relationship with America has been celebrated – then declared dead. As President Obama welcomes David Cameron with a 19 gun salute, is the transatlantic friendship back on course?