Editors seldom earn much notice outside the world of publishing. Edward Garnett fostered the careers of Joseph Conrad and D.H. Lawrence, but, I suspect, far more people remember his wife, Constance Garnett, the first great translator of Chekhov, Dostoevsky and many other Russian writers. In this country, only one editor ever appears as a “Jeopardy!” answer: Maxwell Perkins, who worked with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. Read full article > >

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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) plans to introduce a compromise measure Monday to extend the payroll tax cut, according to a key Senate Democrat. “Majority Leader Reid called me yesterday and said he will propose tomorrow a compromise plan to extend the payroll tax cut,” Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said on “Fox News Sunday.” “He will offer it at that point — I don’t think it’s probably in my purview to announce his plan — but he indicated to me it will be paid for. It will be paid for in a serious way.” Read full article > >

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Conrad Murray is no doubt wishing he hadn’t done that controversial Michael Jackson documentary and companion interview after an angry judge cited them several times Tuesday to explain why he was sentencing the late pop star’s doctor to the max possible: four years in the slammer. The documentary, “Michael Jackson and the Doctor: A Fatal Friendship” (or as it was called when it aired in the United Kingdom: “The Man Who Killed Michael Jackson”) ran on MSNBC this month — days after a jury in Los Angeles found Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s June 2009 death. Read full article > >

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Jackson doctor, Murray, sentenced to max; judge cites documentary

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray , was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for causing the death of the King of Pop, the maximum sentence possible for the crime of involuntary manslaughter. Murray will serve his term at the L.A. County Jail instead of a state prison because of California’s “realignment” process, which places non-violent felons in local jails due to overcrowding. Read full article > >

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Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, sentenced to four years in prison

Prosecutors for the state of California ask a judge to sentence Conrad Murray to four years in prison for his role in the death of singer Michael Jackson.

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Prosecutors: ‘Jail Conrad Murray’

Conrad Murray says he wanted milk.

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One day after Nancy Grace sacrificed a perfectly good news cycle full of hootin’ and hollerin’ about the Conrad Murray guilty verdict so she could practice for “Dancing With the Stars,” she was rewarded for her efforts by being officially eliminated from the competition, one week shy of the semi-finals. Read full article > >

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A jury convicted Dr. Conrad Murray of involuntary manslaughter for administering the powerful anesthetic that helped kill the pop star in June 2009.

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Doctor Found Guilty in Michael Jackson’s Death

Conrad Murray , the personal physician of Michael Jackson, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the singer Monday. Murray did not show any emotion when the verdict was read. A small scream was heard from the courtroom gallery. LaToya Jackson and Kathy Hilton may have been the sources of the outburst, according to TMZ. Read full article > >

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Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s doctor, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (Video and photos)

Defence lawyers for Dr Conrad Murray, on trial for the death of Michael Jackson, have dropped a claim that the singer swallowed a fatal dose of propofol.

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Murray drops Jackson drug claim

Conrad Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of the pop icon. The trial begins this morning with jurors hearing opening statements.

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Trial begins for Michael Jackson’s doctor

Dr Conrad Murray, 58, who is accused of giving pop star Michael Jackson a fatal overdose of sedatives, is going on trial in California.

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VIDEO: Coverage of trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor

A US judge delays the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, until May.

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Judge delays Jackson doctor trial

Dr Conrad Murray pleads not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer Michael Jackson’s death in 2009.

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Jackson doctor pleads not guilty

Dr. Conrad Murray, who remains free on bond, will be arraigned Tuesday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the death of pop icon Michael Jackson.

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