The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation faced additional fallout Tuesday from its decision to restore funding to Planned Parenthood as a top official resigned and details emerged about the contentious internal discussions that led to the controversy . Read full article > >

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Komen vice president resigns as details emerge on Planned Parenthood debate

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation announced Friday that it would revise a new policy that barred the organization from funding Planned Parenthood, a move that had thrust the cancer foundation into a national controversy. Read full article > >

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Komen Foundation revises funding policy

Forget the whole kerfuffle in which the Susan G. Komen Foundation stopped its donations to Planned Parenthood , an organization that provides 4 million breast exams annually . I’m sure it had good reasons for that. Good, non-political reasons, having to do with the way the organization was “evolving,” or something. This decision is not transparently political in any way. Read full article > >

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Alexandra Petri: Komen Foundation’s lamentable choice

Donors reacting to the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood contributed $650,000 in 24 hours, nearly enough to replace last year’s Komen funding, Planned Parenthood executives said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Planned Parenthood says Komen decision causes donation spike

The Associated Press reports that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, will cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates, where the foundation has traditionally paid for preventive screening services. Read full article > >

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Why Komen defunded Planned Parenthood

Pete Wells leaves the editor’s chair to become a critic for The Times. Replacing him will be Susan Edgerley.

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Media Decoder Blog: The Times Names a New Restaurant Critic and Dining Editor

Featuring Susan Dominus on Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”; and Alexandra Jacobs on Allison Pearson’s new novel, “I Think I Love You.”

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Letter in response to Leah Price’s review of “Louisa May Alcott,” by Susan Cheever.

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Letters: Well Received in Her Day

Letter in response to Leah Price’s review of “Louisa May Alcott,” by Susan Cheever.

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Letters: Well Received in Her Day

Scottish singer Susan Boyle misses out on a second consecutive US Christmas number one album to US star Taylor Swift.

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Swift beats Boyle to US top spot

How Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins aided President Obama on ending ‘don’t ask.’

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Finally, victory on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

The 17-year-old Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, enacted during the Clinton administration, looks set to be repealed by the Senate this weekend-perhaps as soon as Saturday. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman, an independent and Susan Collins, a…

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DADT Headed for Weekend Repeal

Just 18 months ago Susan Boyle performed on Britain’s Got Talent and attracted 500 million YouTube hits overnight.

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How Subo nearly missed audition

Artist Susan Philipz has won the Turner Prize for contemporary art for a sound installation, the first time a sound piece has been shortlisted for the prize since its beginning in 1984. The installation in an empty gallery of the Tate Britain in London…

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Sound Artist Wins Turner Prize

The winner of this year’s Turner Prize will be announced at Tate Britain later, with bookmakers favouring Glasgow-born artist Susan Philipsz.

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Turner winner set to be unveiled