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Not including my college paper or internship, my first professional job was as a copy editor for The State, the newspaper in Columbia, S.C.
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I was studying literature and linguistics in grad school and thought I'd pay the bills putting my language skills to use at the local paper.
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If you're writing about Amtrak service after the Connecticut train wreck, remember that a suspension is "temporary" by definition.
Sixty injured, five critically, in Connecticut train wreck; Amtrak closed between New York, Boston. nbcnews.to/108caF0
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy about to make remarks on the Metro-North train collision.
RT @myurow: With $1.1B maybe Tumblr can buy that vowel they couldn't afford.
All traffic on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between New York and Boston suspended. nbcnews.to/108caF0
Update on @NBCNews: Police now say 49 injured, four seriously, in Connecticut train collision. nbcnews.to/108caF0
RT @lionrock71: @MAlexJohnson @NBCNews Can the Universe please just give the entire state of CT a break?!
Update on @NBCNews: At least 20 injured as trains collide in Connecticut. nbcnews.to/108caF0
At least four injured as trains collide in Connecticut
usnews.nbcnews.com — NBC News Two Metro-North trains collided Friday near Bridgeport, Conn., transit authorities said, injuring at least four people and halting rush hour service. An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a high-level official of the Metropolitan Transit Authority told NBC News.
At least four injured as trains collide in Connecticut. None life-threatening, authorities tell @NBCNews. nbcnews.to/108caF0
At least four injured as trains collide in Connecticut
usnews.nbcnews.com — NBC News Two Metro-North trains collided Friday near Bridgeport, Conn., transit authorities said, injuring at least four people and halting rush hour service. An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a high-level official of the Metropolitan Transit Authority told NBC News.
That million-dollar heist at Cannes? It was actually much less, and the jewels weren't for movie stars, Chopard says. nbcnews.to/112qQ7s
Cannes caper: Pricey trove of jewels stolen from hotel room during film festival
worldnews.nbcnews.com — Premiering this year at the Cannes Film Festival: "To Catch a Thief." Someone made off Friday with more than $1 million worth of jewels that stars were going to borrow for the most celebrated gathering in cinema, and a police source told NBC News that the heist appea ...Have a Story?
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