The Anchor as Buddy, Confessional but Chill
Date: 02 September 2014
By JONATHAN MAHLER
Jonathan MAHLER
David Muir will officially take over for Diane Sawyer as anchor of ABC World News Tonight; ABC hopes that Muir's blend of youth, approachability and off-the-cuff tweets will attract larger, younger audience.
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In Interviews, 3 Americans Held in North Korea Plead for U.S. Help
Date: 02 September 2014
By CHOE SANG-HUN
Choe SANG-HUN
North Korea grants Associated Press and CNN interviews with incarcerated Americans Kenneth Bae, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Mathew Todd Miller; men apologize for violating North Korea's laws and beseech Washington to send high-level emissary to negotiate their release.
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A. J. Langguth, Author and Former Times Correspondent, Dies at 81
Date: 02 September 2014
By NIKITA STEWART
Nikita STEWART
A J Langguth, former Saigon bureau chief for The New York Times who went on to become an educator and an author of nonfiction books, dies at age 81.
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Democracy Backers in Hong Kong Face Tough Choices
Date: 02 September 2014
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and CHRIS BUCKLEY
Michael FORSYTHE
News analysis; Hong Kong democracy movement must decide how to carry out its threat to conduct sit-in protest now that China has put onerous restrictions on Hong Kong's voting plan; students and organizers will hold meetings in coming days to map out plan of protracted protests.
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Charles Bowden, a Writer on the Edge
Date: 03 September 2014
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Lawrence Downes Editorial Appreciation of author and journalist Charles Bowden, upon his death at age 69; contends that Bowden was committed to witnessing the world, and lacked ability most people have to look away.
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ISIS Says It Killed Steven Sotloff After U.S. Strikes in Northern Iraq
Date: 03 September 2014
By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT
Mark LANDLER
Video released by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria shows beheading of freelance journalist Steven J Sotloff, second American hostage to be slain in two weeks; militants put blame for his brutal murder on Pres Obama; killing raises pressure on president to order strike on group's sanctuary in Syria; video has not yet been authenticated, but most sources believe he is dead.
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