The Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times, Shadid was 43 when he died of a severe asthma attack. Robert Ford, the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, will conduct the service, which will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. Shadid earned two Pulitzers for his coverage of the […]
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Anthony Shadid reported dead in Syria
Times photographer Tyler Hicks reportedly carried Shadid’s body back into Turkey from Syria, where they had been gathering information for a week. The pair had not disclosed their assignment to the Syrian government, which maintains strict control on the activity of journalists within their borders. Hicks reportedly performed CPR for half an hour in an […]
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CFN QOTW, Part Deux
Luigi ‘Baby Shacks’ Manocchio will eventually be returned to Rhode Island to face charges that he extorted protection payments from Providence strip clubs. But federal Bureau of Prison records show that Manocchio is currently in a transfer facility in Oklahoma.” —Feb. 10 story from The Boston Globe’s online edition at boston.com