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Starting a Lede, and Finishing It

It’s been 17 months since I picked up where Tom Zeller left off, filling this blog of many interests. There were days spent live-blogging major stories, including my first (when a monster opened fire at Virginia Tech) to my last (today’s market ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  10 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Virginia Tech,  Stephen Colbert,  John Schwartz,  George W. Bush

House Works on a Bailout - for E-Mail

A week ago, Michele Malkin urged readers of her prominent conservative blog: We donât have to have this trillion-dollar bailout shoved down our throats. You can make a difference. The “Write Your Representative” feature on House.gov came under even ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  30 Sep 2008
Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  Dow Jones,  Roy Blunt

The Lede: Following the Bailout Hearing

Working the Hearing Room, 10:06 a.m. So far, each senator has spent some time railing against Wall Street, but Senator Mike Enzi’s criticisms earned several rounds of applause in the hearing room before Senator Dodd brought down the gavel. After ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  23 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Christopher J. Dodd,  Richard C. Shelby,  Mike Enzi,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party

Following the Bailout Hearing

Take Your Seats, 9:34 a.m. In a packed room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Christopher J. Dodd has opened a hearing on “Turmoil in US Credit Markets” featuring the chiefs of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve Board, the ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  23 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Christopher J. Dodd,  U.S. Senate,  Securities and Exchange Commission

Poll Reveals Unanimity on Economic Point

The trouble with polls is that they can be all things to all people, a point made clearer and clearer as Election Day nears. “New polls are out everywhere,” Jimmy Orr wrote today in The Christian Science Monitor. “You could make a career out of ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  22 Sep 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Gallup

Airlines Roll Back Fees for a Change

Airline passengers who are sick of being nickel-and-dimed are seeing a glimmer of hope from the Great North. Both Air Canada and WestJet took steps Thursday to roll back fees and charges imposed in the wake of record fuel prices this summer. Air Canada ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  18 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Air Canada,  Robert Palmer,  United Airlines,  John McCain,  John Schwartz

Minnesota Bridge Reopens a Year After Collapse

Traffic on the new Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River on Thursday morning, after a slow procession led by state troopers and state highway trucks marked the opening of the bridge. (Dawn Villella/Associated Press) If it were any other ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  18 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Mary Peters,  U.S. Congress,  Dirk Johnson,  Sarah Palin

The Lede: Updates on Hurricane Ike

Voices in Houston | 8:19 a.m. Twitter is beginning to flow once again with updates from Houston. Here are two first-hand accounts of the storm and its damage. “Ike is unrelenting. Just when you think it may die down it roars back. We are getting ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  13 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Newsweek,  Irwin Redlener,  Ian Urbina

Following Hurricane Ike's Landfall

After Landfall | 7:20 a.m. Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston early Saturday with 110 mile-per-hour winds and proceeded to Houston before moving northward at around 7 a.m. The extent of the damage will become clear later today as the sun rises, winds ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  13 Sep 2008
Related Topics: United Airlines

Tracking Hurrice Ike's Approach

The Lede is following Hurricane Ike’s path towards Texas with frequent updates. Weâll draw our information from New York Times journalists, from local reports from other news organizations and blogs, from bulletins issued by the National Weather ...

From MIKE NIZZA, The New York Times,  12 Sep 2008
Related Topics: United Airlines

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