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Date: 20 January 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Andrea Kannapell, Peter Applebome and others.
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Date: 20 January 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Andrea Kannapell, Peter Applebome and others.
Date: 20 January 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The president highlighted progress on the economy, U.S.-Cuba relations and gas prices, and he called for a renewed focus on economic inequality.
Date: 21 January 2015
By ROBERT MACKEY
Robert MACKEY
Date: 21 January 2015
By STEPHEN CASTLE
Stephen CASTLE
The Sun, Britain's racy and best-selling newspaper, appears to have abandoned its decades-old practice of running pictures of topless women; change at paper, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, would indicate different policy and shift in social mores in country.
Date: 20 January 2015
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Doreen CARVAJAL
French television show Le Petit Journal has made Fox News target of its satirical humor, in response to American channel's false reporting about areas of Paris that are 'no-go zones' for non-Muslims in its coverage of terrorist attacks in city; Le Petit Journal turned to its audience to engage in Twitter and email campaign to draw out response from Fox News.
Date: 21 January 2015
By PETER BAKER
Peter BAKER
News Analysis; Pres Obama's State of the Union address is replete with bold calls to action, speaking as though Democratic Party won midterm elections instead of having received largest electoral repudiation of his presidency; makes no concessions to new Republican Congress about his leadership and offers no compromises to newly dominant right wing.
Date: 20 January 2015
By PETER BAKER
Peter BAKER
News Analysis; Pres Obama will use State of the Union address to move beyond politics of austerity and economic hardship that have long dominated his tenure, shifting to issues like education and income inequality; Republican control of Congress makes it unlikely that he will enact his agenda, but moves will nonetheless frame debate for the 2016 presidential race.
Date: 21 January 2015
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Alessandra STANLEY
Alessandra Stanley The TV Watch column observes that Larry Wilmore, host of debut late-night show on Comedy Central, offers different brand of humor than white, male hosts that dominate network; holds that Wilmore, who is black, is able to approach topics that other hosts cannot and treats them in his own uniquely witty way.
Date: 21 January 2015
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
Daniel SLOTNIK
Joan Peters, controversial journalist and author, dies at age 78.
Date: 20 January 2015
By SERGE F. KOVALESKI and COLIN MOYNIHAN
Serge KOVALESKI
Camille O Cosby has been staunchest supporter of her husband Bill Cosby in face of accusations of sexual abuse by multiple women; frames her defense of him in terms of media's unfair representation of African-Americans, subject she has been vocal about for many years.