Edward M. Joyce, CBS News Leader During Era of Cost-Cutting, Dies at 81
Date: 06 August 2014
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Douglas MARTIN
Edward M Joyce, former president of CBS News who helped shepherd the network through several crises in the mid-1980s, dies at age 81.
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A Healing That Wasn’t: Liberal Activists and the Police Assail City Hall
Date: 07 August 2014
By NIKITA STEWART and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Nikita STEWART
News analysis; case of Eric Garner, who died in July after a confrontation with New York City police officers, has become a civil rights test for Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration; de Blasio has struggled to take command of the controversy, and is now working with his closest advisers on way to improve relations between the police and the community.
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In Virginia Graft Case, Cognac and Golf Trips Aren’t Smoking Guns
Date: 06 August 2014
By TRIP GABRIEL
Trip GABRIEL
News analysis; challenge for prosecutors in corruption trial of Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen is to demonstrate that McDonnell accepted gifts from businessman Jonnie R Williams not out of friendship but as part of illegal scheme; difficulty lies in proving governor's intent.
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Some Israelis Count Open Discourse and Dissent Among Gaza War Casualties
Date: 06 August 2014
By JODI RUDOREN
Jodi RUDOREN
Memo from Jerusalem; many liberal Israelis say that current conflict in Gaza has sharpened rightward turn in country's politics that has intensified in recent years; cite crackdown on open discourse and dissent, hostility towards those who empathize with Palestinian casualties and a disturbingly high level of support for war.
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