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James C. McKinley Jr |
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James Courtwright McKinley, Jr. is an American journalist who is the Houston bureau chief of The New York Times, a position he was appointed to in 2008.
McKinley (born 1962) is a son of James C. McKinley, a retired professor and former editor of New Letters magazine, and Mary Ann McKinley.
Jesse McKinley, one of McKinley's brothers, is the San Francisco bureau chief of the Times. His sister, Molly McKinley, is a video and television editor in New York. His youngest brother, Gabriel, is a playwright and comedian in New York. His wife is Stephanie Smothers; he has two children, Miles, and Phoebe.
McKinley is a 1984 graduate of Cornell University. He began his career in journalism while still in college, working for local radio stations in Ithaca and stringing for the The Syracuse Post Standard. In late 1986, he started at The New York Times as a copyboy, eventually earning a spot on the staff. He covered the police department, city hall and Federal courts in Manhattan, before being...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Don Cornelius, 'Soul Train' Creator, Is Dead - — Don Cornelius, the producer and television host who created the television dance show “Soul Train,” was found shot dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday morning, and detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department were trying to determine if his death was a suicide. |
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Major Held in Fort Hood Rampage Is Charged With 13 Counts of Murder - — FORT HOOD, Tex. — Military officials charged Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan on Thursday with 13 counts of premeditated murder, accusing him of a brutal one-man attack here at America's largest Army post last week and setting … |
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Second Officer Gives an Account of the Shooting at Ft. Hood - — KILLEEN, Tex. — Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities … |
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At Fort Hood, Witness Credits Second Officer - — KILLEEN, Tex. — Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities … |
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85 days ago |
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She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It - — KILLEEN, Tex. — The police officer who brought down a gunman after he went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base here was on the way to have her car repaired when she responded to a police radio report of gunfire at a center where soldiers … |
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157 days ago |
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No Charges for Governor After Inquiry Into Contract - — HOUSTON — Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue criminal charges against Gov. Bill Richardson and other New Mexico officials after a yearlong inquiry into accusations that his administration steered a lucrative contract … |
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164 days ago |
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Abortion Law Backers Vow Oklahoma Appeal - — HOUSTON — A day after a judge struck down an Oklahoma law requiring women seeking an abortion to see an ultrasound of the fetus and listen to a description of its attributes, the state said it would appeal the ruling, and Republican lawmakers vowed to pass the law again in a different form. |
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172 days ago |
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Napolitano Focuses on Immigration Enforcement - — EL PASO — A day after President Obama announced that legislation to overhaul immigration laws would have to wait until next year, the secretary of homeland security played down the need for change in a speech here and took a tough stance on enforcing current immigration laws. |
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189 days ago |
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Debate Intensifies Over Federal Deportation Policy - — HOUSTON — The Obama administration is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails. But here in the city where the effort got a trial start eight months ago … |
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Geronimo's Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society Over His Skull - — HOUSTON — The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family, charging that its members robbed his grave in 1918 and have kept his skull in a glass case ever since. |
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