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In one of the most dramatic days in Wall Street’s history, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself to Bank of America for roughly $50 billion to avert a deepening financial crisis, while another prominent securities firm, Lehman Brothers, hurtled toward liquidation after it failed to find a buyer, reports the New York Times.

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Vanity Fair is one of Condé Nast’s Prized Possessions

Si Newhouse defies the image of the media baron driven by love of limelight, political influence or money. But largely because of him, Condé Nast— an arm of his family’s privately held Advance Publications — is unlike any other major publisher, reports the New York Times.

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Americans are sharply divided by race heading into the first election in which an African-American will be a major-party presidential nominee, with blacks and whites holding vastly different views of Senator Barack Obama, the state of race relations and how black Americans are treated by society, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Here are the results:

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An explosion of Western magazines has hit newsstands in India in the past 12 months, pitching a familiar mix of consumption and gossip, relationship advice and expensive goodies, according to the New York Times.

That’s the good news.

Now for the bad news.

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It didn’t get more dramatic than yesterday’s Wimbledon Tennis Championship, where Rafael Nadal broke Roger Federer’s streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles.   The match took 4-hours and 58 minutes.

And there you see a jubilant Nadal on the cover of today’s New York Times.

And, yes I watched all of it.

For a great recap of the weekend matches, visit Wimbledon’s official site here.

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Some good news for NBC.

They’ve got some time in terms of announcing a permanent host for Meet the Press.

Tom Brokaw, former anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” would fill the role as moderator for Meet the Press for the rest of this election year, reports the New York Times.

“I volunteered,” Tom Brokaw, told the NY Times.

“It was really not a hard call for me to make,” Brokaw said.

He had already planned to be heavily involved in NBC’s political coverage, he said, and was up to date on the program, having held regular conversations with Tim Russert.

“We would talk almost every Sunday after the show,” Brokaw said. “I’d say, that worked or that didn’t. We’d talk about guests. We had just been saying that using surrogates for the candidates really did work.”

Now that Michelle Obama is this close to being first lady - the microscope is on her more than ever.

Expect to see many more solo covers like this recent Newsweek cover.

Today, the New York Times features Michelle and here are some of her quotes:

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Click here to see the moving tribute to Tim Russert on Meet the Press.

Check out the L.A. Times recap of Tom Brokaw’s tribute to Tim Russert on Sunday’s Meet the Press, where he said,  “It’s going to be our mantra for this morning…It says, ‘Thou shall not whine.’ And if I can add, I think, anything to that, ‘Thou shall not weep or cry this morning.’ This is a celebration, a time to remember.”

Also check out David Carr’s moving piece in today’s New York Times.

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