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Mar 24 2009 6:23pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'NY Times,' Dick Parsons, NPR, more

-The New York Times has been running advertising from a questionable AIDS charity whose activities include touting unproved herbal remedies for the disease. [ProPublica]

-Sen. Benjamin Cardin of Maryland has proposed legislation that would allow newspapers to become tax-exempt non-profits as long as they don't endorse candidates. [AP]

-Former Time Warner chairman Dick Parsons is resigning his seat on the company's board of directors. [Reuters]

-NPR's audience is at an all-time high. [WaPo]. □


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