Tagged: NYT

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in the news: coming out…

Sunday was a good day for the New York Times and coming out stories. Both Don Lemon, anchor for CNN and Rick Welts, the president of the Phoenix Suns NBA team are now openly gay. Still, I don’t know if I’d use the phrase “out, loud and proud” for these guys.

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Heath Ledger found dead

I just saw someone mention this on twitter and I thought that maybe they were mistaken. I can’t believe this news, he was so young and talented and I really thought he’d have a great future in acting. I hope...

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Puzzling 1969 AIDS-Related Death

New evidence that a St. Louis teen-ager died of AIDS in 1969 suggests that the AIDS virus may have been introduced into the United States several times before touching off the current epidemic, according to experts in disease transmission. —...

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Did he have on clean underwear?

From Towleroad’s Fashion Notes. The New York Times takes a look at the novelty/fashion underwear biz: But What if You Get Hit by a Taxi? Photograph by Chris Shipman for The New York Times Novelty underwear, for decades the butt...

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Manners maketh man (and commenters)

NYT technology columnist David Pogue had a good post today: Whatever Happened to Online Etiquette? Admittedly the subject matter has been done to death, but I still liked his column. Lately, an increasing number of the discussions devolve into name-calling...

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What’ll I do with my barcodes now?

According to the NYT, mail-in rebates are going to go the way of the dinosaur: Whether the rebates were mail-in or via the Internet, they counted on consumers messing up somewhere along the process and, indeed, designed the process so...