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...sold all its company holdings, and Bingham stepped down from his role as publisher against his will. The properties sold for $434 million total, and Bingham and his wife, Edie, took home $45.6 million. THE FINAL DAYSFor 20 years after the newspaper’s sale, Bingham maintained a downtown office where he created FineLine, a newsletter for journalists to explore real-world newsroom ethics. But the venture was short-lasting. He took pleasure in mowing the lawn and chopping wood at his rural home. He spent his time serving on the boards of civic organizations in Louisville, and worked...
Today, Bostonians can turn their radio dials to 95.3 WHRB-FM to hear everything from classical programming to jazz and blues to under-the-radar rock acts. From its radio array atop One Financial Center, the tallest building in downtown Boston, Harvard’s radio station sends its sound out across the greater Boston area. But in 1956, Harvard Radio Broadcasting, Inc. (WHRB) was only available to those plugged in to Harvard’s electric system. Unlike FM/AM radios, which interpret signals received from the air, WHRB’s signals were carried through University electrical wiring. Thus...
Three days before he was arrested at an anti-regime protest in downtown Cairo, award-winning Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fatah told TIME he knew he might pay a price for speaking out, but said he had developed a taste for freedom of speech and would not give up so easily...
...riots, but local authorities thought their presence might spark more violence. "There were no American soldiers on the street. They stood back and let the rioters loot. People say the Russians were better because they did more for the people," said Fahor, a 35-year-old shopkeeper in downtown Kabul. If the Americans can't even live up to the low standard set by their cold war enemies during their eight-year occupation of the country, their prospects for success in Afghanistan are dimmer than anyone may have realized...
...Hungarian church, the LAPD is putting out feelers to the local Hungarian community for further leads. "The first and second incident were six years apart, so it's hard to believe there haven't been other victims." Both women are being held at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Vernon says, and investigators have impounded Golay's new Mercedes SUV and Rutterschmidt's Honda Civic...