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Gadhafi's Daughter: 'You Never Know When a Rocket or Bomb Might Hit You'
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsAs NATO bombs rain down on Moammar Gadhafi's compound, the daughter of the Libyan dictator says she's been telling her three young children bedtime stories about the afterlife "to make them ready." "In a time of war, you never know when a rocket or a bomb might hit you, and that will be the end," Aisha Gadhafi, 36, told The New York Times in her first interview with the Western press in several months. She spoke to the newspaper Sunday at her charitable foundation in Tripoli, just hours before beefed-up NATO airstrikes hit the nearby family compound again. Pier Paolo Cito, ...
Did NY Times Get Rape Coverage Right the Second Time Around?
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsWhen an 11-year-old girl said she was raped multiple times by more than a dozen men in an abandoned trailer in Texas, the story made national headlines. Just how the story of her alleged rape should be told, however, has proved to be an explosive issue, one that has exposed critical fault lines in the way society thinks about rape and the way journalists write about it. Much of the controversy has centered on The New York Times. The newspaper's first take on the disturbing crime provoked outrage from critics who said the Times seemed to be blaming the victim for her own rape. The first ...
Elizabeth Taylor's Obit Writer Died 6 Years Ago
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsIn a turn of fate, an Elizabeth Taylor obituary writer died six years before the death of the much-loved actress, leaving his byline as an awkward addendum to a New York Times story today about the life of the Hollywood icon. New York Times reporter Mel Gussow died in 2005 after a battle with cancer. The Times ran his Elizabeth Taylor obituary today along with this note: "Mel Gussow, the principal writer of this article, died in 2005. William McDonald and William Grimes contributed updated reporting." Related Stories Film Icon Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 ...
Ordeal of Freed Times Reporters Highlights Dangers Faced by Journalists
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsGunfire. Sexual assault. Beatings. These are just a few of the abuses New York Times reporters and photographers said they suffered when they were captured by the Libyan government and held for six days until their release Monday, a stark reminder of the huge risks often taken by journalists when they cover some of the world's most important and compelling stories. The journalists' account of the ordeal is harrowing. It began when their driver accidentally drove into a checkpoint manned by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and the group was immediately ambushed and nearly killed by a barrage ...
4 Captured New York Times Journalists Released From Libya
By not in system - AOL NewsRAS AJDIR, Tunisia -- Four New York Times journalists who were held captive in Libya for six days were freed Monday by authorities and crossed the border into Tunisia, the newspaper said. Reporter Anthony Shadid, photographers Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario and videographer Stephen Farrell left Libya at the dusty border crossing into Tunisia that has been used by tens of thousands of people fleeing violence. The New York Times / AP Four New York Times journalists -- photographer Lynsey Addario, top left, reporter Stephen Farrell, photographer Tyler Hicks, bottom ...
Libya Says It Will Free Missing New York Times Journalists Today
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyFour New York Times journalists missing in Libya since Tuesday will be released Friday, the U.S. State Department said it has been told by Libyan officials. Also, Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif Islam Gadhafi, confirmed to ABC News' Christiane Amanpour Thursday night that one of the four, photographer Lynsey Addario, would be freed. The New York Times identified the journalists as Anthony Shadid, the Times' Beirut bureau chief and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent; two photographers, Tyler Hicks and Addario, who have extensive experience in war zones; and a reporter and ...
Missing New York Times Journalists Found in Libya
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Four New York Times journalists who were reported missing while covering the Libya conflict have been found, the newspaper said Friday. The Times reported on its website that the four were captured by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and will be released Friday. The Times said his son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, gave the information to Christiane Amanpour in an ABC News interview. A Times spokeswoman said the newspaper had no immediate comment. The New York Times / AP Shown, from top left, are photographer Lynsey Addario, reporter Stephen Farrell, photographer Tyler Hicks ...
Missing New York Times Journalists Believed to Be in Libyan Govt. Custody
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The New York Times says it's holding out hope that four of its journalists who went missing while covering the Libyan conflict are alive and in the custody of the Libyan government. The four were last in contact with editors on Tuesday from the northern port city of Ajdabiya where they were covering the retreat of rebels. "We are grateful to the Libyan government for their assurance that if our journalists were captured they would be released promptly and unharmed," executive editor Bill Keller said in a statement on Wednesday. He said there were unconfirmed reports that the ...
Report: La. First Lady's Charity Attracts Corporate Money
By not in system - AOL NewsMajor corporations involved in high-stakes issues before the Louisiana state government have made commitments of nearly $1 million to a charitable foundation set up by the wife of Gov. Bobby Jindal, The New York Times reports. Pledges to the Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children include $250,000 from Marathon Oil, which last year got state approval to boost refining capacity at its facility in Louisiana, according to a review of records by the newspaper. AT&T, which pushed legislation allowing it to market its cable-TV service without negotiating with local regulators, also ...
Missing Wallet Returned to New York Man, 40 Years Later [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsFour decades after it was stolen, a battered leather wallet containing family photos and an American Express card is back in the hands of its grateful and astonished owner. Rudolph Resta was an art director at The New York Times in 1970. He left his wallet in a jacket pocket in a coat closet at work one day back when the paper operated in the old Times building just off Manhattan's Times Square. When Resta, now 77, returned after lunch, the wallet was gone. The mystery picked up 40 years later when José Cisneros, a security guard who works in the former Times building, found the wallet ...
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