Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s
Date: 18 May 2014
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Elisabeth ROSENTHAL
News analysis; analysis of base pay of insurance executives, hospital executives and even hospital administrators shows that they are often paid more than doctors; proliferation of high earners in the medical business and administration ranks adds to United States' $3.7 trillion health care bill and stands in stark contrast with other developed countries.
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William Worthy, a Reporter Drawn to Forbidden Datelines, Dies at 92
Date: 18 May 2014
By MARGALIT FOX
Margalit FOX
William Worthy, foreign correspondent who in the thick of the Cold War ventured to the Soviet Union, China and Cuba, becoming the subject of a landmark federal case concerning travel rights, dies at age 92.
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Times Minute | Early Cannes Standouts
Date: 19 May 2014
By CARRIE HALPERIN
Carrie HALPERIN
Also on the Minute, the Supreme Court could decide today whether it is possible to age out of the immigration system and Brazil faces unprecedented criticism ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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Patch Sites Turn Corner After Sale and Big Cuts
Date: 19 May 2014
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
Leslie KAUFMAN
Charles C Hale, owner of Hale Global, says hyperlocal news organization Patch is on the mend; majority stake in Patch was handed over to Hale by AOL in January 2014.
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Abramson’s Exit at The Times Puts Tensions on Display
Date: 19 May 2014
By DAVID CARR
David CARR
David Carr The Media Equation column says lack of decorum over firing of Jill Abramson as The New York Times executive editor was stunning but that newspaper will likely be okay; notes publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr may have failed to understand impact Abramson's firing would have, particularly on female staff, but especially on news media at large.
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Times Minute | Kentucky's Primary Day
Date: 19 May 2014
By CHRISTIAN ROMAN
Christian ROMAN
Jonathan Martin, The Times’s national political correspondent, on Tuesday’s G.O.P. primary in Kentucky. The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, faces challenges from both the Tea Party and a Democrat.
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The Promise, and Pitfalls, of Video
Date: 18 May 2014
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
Margaret SULLIVAN
Margaret Sullivan The Public Editor column assesses handling of story involving video of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram; contends that story raises questions about authenticating video images in today's relentless, 24-hour news cycle.
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