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How Anthony Shadid shaped my life and work
Ed Ou / The New York Times via AP, file
In this Feb. 2, 2011 photo provided by The New York Times, Times journalist Anthony Shadid, middle right, interviews residents of Embaba, a lower class Cairo neighborhood, during the Egyptian revolution.
Ayman Mohyeldin writes
Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict, …
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NBC’s Richard Engel: NYT reporter Anthony Shadid was ‘absolutely brilliant’
Willie Geist, Mike Barnicle and the Morning Joe panel remember New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, who died Thursday in Syria of an apparent asthma attack.
Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent writes
Anthony Shadid, the New York Times correspondent who died in Syria on Thursday, was better than the rest of us. He wasn’t the fastest to a story, …
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Little dresses bring hope and friendship to Malawi
By Anthony Galloway NBC News producer
Rachel O’Neill is at home in Malawi. Her real home is in Trenton, Mich., not far from Detroit. But when she arrives in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, she is welcomed like a native.
On her most recent trip to the country last month, O’Neill was greeted at the airport by a handful of locals, people she has known and worked with for …
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Casey Anthony sentenced
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Inspired by virtual photo walks, disabled and elderly share stories of hope
Virtual Photo Walks allow photographers to capture and share ‘tours’ of popular locations all over the world, giving people a sense of connectedness that they ordinarily wouldn’t have. NBC’s Ann Curry reports.
By Anthony Galloway, Supervising Producer, NBC News
Within minutes of being profiled on NBC Nightly News , John Butterill was at a loss.
The professional …
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From the South Side to the symphony
NBC’s Ron Allen spoke to the McGill brothers: Anthony the principal clarinetist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Demarre, lead flutist with the Seattle Symphony, about their passion, artistry and mutual admiration.
By Ron Allen, Correspondent, NBC News
The McGill brothers are a rare phenomenon. They’re young African-American men from the Chicago’s South Side, …
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Man planning to bomb US Capitol arrested in sting operation
Federal agents arrested a man suspected of plotting to set off a bomb in Washington near the US Capitol. NBC’s Pete Williams reports.
msnbc.com staff and NBC News writes
WASHINGTON — The FBI and Capitol police arrested a man Friday who thought he was going to carry out a bombing attack on the U.S. Capitol but was in fact dealing with FBI undercover operatives for the past few …
Would-be suicide bomber at US Capitol arrested in sting operation, authorities say
Investigators say the man accused of plotting to bomb the U.S. Capitol never had any explosives. NBC’s Pete Williams reports.
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Updated at 5:31 p.m. ET : WASHINGTON — The FBI and Capitol police arrested a man who thought he was going to carry out a suicide bombing Friday at the U.S. Capitol as part of a larger al-Qaida terror campaign …
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Police officer killed, 5 colleagues injured in Utah raid
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Positive Customer Reviews Lead to Increases in Revenue [New Research]
We’ve always known that negative customer reviews can bulldoze a business. But what can positive consumer reviews do?
Michael Luca, a Harvard Business School student, discovered that consumer reviews have a positive effect on revenues in the restaurant industry. In his research, “ Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com ,” Luca revealed that “a one-star increase …
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