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Etan Patz Suspect Admitted to Hospital; Placed on Suicide Watch - The Atlantic Wire
... the former bodega worker arrested on Thursdayand accused of killing Etan Patz in 1979, was held overnight Thursday under a suicide watch and transferred to Bellevue Hospital Center early Friday morning, an official briefed on the matter said.
Facebook as a Case Study in the Selfish Social Media Bubble - The Atlantic Wire
"It's almost an unspoken rule: spend your money, but do it privately," an anonymous source told Sengupta. Showcasing extreme wealth is such a touchy subject, the Times had to keep most of its sources anonymous. (Really?) As we've discussed before, ...
Olbermann vs. Current: It's Getting Stinky - The Atlantic Wire
The story grows nastier at Mediaite, who quote an anonymous source who claims Olbermann, who does not drive, "went through eight different car services ... and complained to the network that some of the drivers 'smelled,' and 'talked to him.
What Led the American Staff Sergeant to Kill - The Atlantic Wire
Here were the cocktail of forces weighing on the solider: Alcohol It's not something you think of as a determinant of homicidal behavior, but a US official, speaking on background to Bloomberg this morning, says "the drinking, a violation of ...
AP Celebrates Sunshine Week by Naming Obama's Anonymous Officials - The Atlantic Wire
In Julie Pace's preview of Obama's announcement of the US complaint about China's export restrictions of rare earth materials, she cited "officials, who requested anonymity in order to speak ahead of the president." Those are almost certainly the same ...
8 Arrested in Latest Chapter of News Corp Corruption Scandal - The Atlantic Wire
The five employees, all between the ages of 45 and 68, have not been identified, but the Times quotes an anonymous source who says they are "deputy editor, Geoff Webster; the chief reporter, John Kay; the chief foreign correspondent, Nick Parker; ...
After Rape Charges Are Dropped, New York Post Names Greg Kelly's Accuser - The Atlantic Wire
Tabloid reports from early on laid the groundwork for doubt in the case via an anonymous source from inside the investigation who was skeptical of the woman's claims. And now, with the dismissal of Kelly's case, the woman has in fact been named by the ...
The Koch Brothers Pledged $60 Million to Defeat Obama - The Atlantic Wire
... to conservative causes, together pledged $60 million to defeat President Obama at a private California retreat for donors and strategists, reports the Huffington Post, attributing the information to an anonymous source who was in the room.
A Sexual Assault Charge May Have Cost Yale's Quarterback a Rhodes Scholarship - The Atlantic Wire
The paper says he was accused of sexual assault by a fellow student last fall and that it was the Rhodes Trust that suspended his candidacy after an anonymous source altered them to the charge. The story by Times reporter Richard Perez-Pena timelines ...
What Doesn't Marty Peretz Know About the TNR Sale? - The Atlantic Wire
According to a source at the magazine that speaking on background, the process is moving along and a resolution is weeks away. This person, who was in the room at an all-staff meeting a few minutes after WSJ's scoop held to answer questions about the ...
Former Times Co. Employees Prepare to Lawyer Up - The Atlantic Wire
This source, who asked not to be identified, wrote in an email: In our newsrooms, most people are upset about the total lack of warning, the company's secretiveness and the lack of any kind of reassurance from Halifax. Even people accustomed to the ...
Media Puts Keith Olbermann and Current on Break-Up Watch - The Atlantic Wire
Olbermann pushed back hard against Stelter's earlier report that quoted an anonymous source saying that the star was "disgruntled" at Current, but then an unnamed Current executive said something weird to The Wrap. "I hope Keith is part of our future, ...
Trump Says His Supporters Have Filed for His Third Party Candidacy - The Atlantic Wire
That's what "sources close to Trump" and Trump himself told Glenn Beck's The Blaze late last night, which ran an "exclusive" last week about the Trump momentum in Texas, but didn't interview any of those devoted supporters about this filing--a filing ...
Retailers Are Desperate for Last Minute Shoppers - The Atlantic Wire
Whatever the margin is today, it's that much lower next week and the week after when traffic stops," a CEO of a retailer who asked to remain anonymous because he did not want to reveal his store's Christmas-baiting strategy, told The New York Times's ...
Newt Gingrich Gets Reinforcements - The Atlantic Wire
Sources with direct knowledge of the $20 million figure, who requested anonymity, told POLITICO that Adelson planned to cut a check to one of the PACs as soon as this week. A major contribution from Adelson would enable the recipient group to start ...
Gingrich Comeback Complete: Ex-Aide Is Begging to Return - The Atlantic Wire
Mr. Hammond said the source was actually Mr. Gingrich, who did not want to be identified to avoid the impression he was getting into a fight with the Romney camp. Want to add to this story? Let us know in comments or send an email to the author at ...
Fallen US Drone Nearly Led to Covert Strike in Iran - The Atlantic Wire
US officials, speaking on background, confirmed the RQ-170 drone had been spying on Iran for years but did not indicate the extent to which it penetrated Iranian air space. They did say the US air base in Shindad, Afghanistan, was designed to launch ...
Pakistan Will Have to Settle for a Clinton Apology - The Atlantic Wire
And back then a senior administration official said, "Soft love hasn't worked" in regards to US relationship with Pakistan and its clunky relationship to extremists. Read between the lines Pakistan, this is the US solidly into a "tough love" phase. ...
Fresh Solyndra Emails Show the Involvement of an Obama Fundraiser - The Atlantic Wire
... has "said publically that Solyndra was not discussed at these meetings, and we have no reason to dispute that," the White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he had not been given approval to discuss the matter. ...
Why IPO's Must Always Go Pop - The Atlantic Wire
Citing estimates from an anonymous source, Blodget writes that Goldman is handing out "crazy earning estimates" to their most premium customers to build the case that Groupon is undervalued at its current $16 to $18 per share price range. ...
Pepper Spray Cop Has a History of Tangling with Protesters - The Atlantic Wire
And since August, investigators with the Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have monitored the online efforts of activists to bring demonstrations to Wall Street, people briefed on the matter said. The Police Department conducts ...
Who Could Have a Problem with Perry? - The Atlantic Wire
But an anonymous source on the line saw it differently. "I was struck by the fact that he started out on defense instead of offense," the source told CNN, adding, "the things he talked about are defending his positions on immigration, Social Security ...
A Former TechCrunch Writer Is Taking Arrington's Money to Vegas - The Atlantic Wire
An anonymous source told Henry Blodget that the company "will focus on a specific problem at the intersection of technology and media." Who knows if it will be a new blog or how much Arrington will be involved, but we can't help smile at Carr's well ...
UBS Now Getting as Much Scrutiny as Its Rogue Trader - The Atlantic Wire
An anonymous source tells The Wall Street Journal that Adoboli, who worked with exchange-traded funds, emailed UBS managers and admitted to making unauthorized trades after being questioned by his employer, prompting his arrest early Thursday morning. ...
Qaddafi's Daughter Just Had a Baby in Algeria - The Atlantic Wire
Mother and daughter are doing fine,” a government official said. While Libyan interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil made it clear on Tuesday that the rebels demand Algeria returns Qaddafi's wife and three children, a spokesman for the Algerian foreign ...