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Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:20 PM

College Newspapers Protest Action at Univ. of Southern California

    Several college newspapers throughout the country today ran an editorial criticizing the University of Southern California for refusing to reinstate the editor of the student newspaper, the Daily Trojan.    An administrator
posted by NeilRalston | 0 Comments
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:29 PM

Newspaper theft no longer just a campus affair

    David Hawpe of the Louisville Courier-Journal has a column in today's edition that talks about several instances of newspaper theft, including one at The Mountain Eagle, a community newspaper in Letcher County, Kentucky.    
posted by NeilRalston | 1 Comments
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:40 AM

The latest on NY Times anthrax case

In January, the LDF committee decided to contribute $250 to an amicus brief in case against the New York Times. Stephen Hatfill, a researcher who the FBI had considered a suspect in the Anthrax case in 2001, is suing the paper. The paper has asked a
posted by DaveAeikens | 0 Comments
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:23 AM

Professor appeals libel decision

A professor at St. Cloud State University has appealed a court's dismissal of a libel suit he brought against the campus paper. Richard Lewis had accused the newspaper of libeling him by quoting a former student who said Lewis was anti-Semitic.
posted by MikeKnaak | 0 Comments