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11 By Rex Reed 8/02/11 7:32pm

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The Whistleblower Reveals a Truth More Chilling than Fiction

To the short list of this year’s must-see movies, quickly add The Whistleblower—the harrowing true story of Kathy Bolkovac, a disillusioned Nebraska cop and divorced single mother who uncovered a horrifying underground network of human slave traffic in 1999 postwar Bosnia protected by both the American military and high-ranking officials of the Read More
1 By Kat Stoeffel 4/26/11 11:42pm

Media

Village Voice Media Getting Down and Dirty with Escort Ads

Last week, deputies in Polk County, Fla., arrested 60 people--including a Disney employee, a man with breast implants, a 15-year-old runaway with a 2-year-old infant, and her pimp--in an online prostitution bust dubbed Operation Curtain Call. A year ago the sensational sting would likely have been the next in a long litany of tabloid-friendly Craigslist Read More

By John Koblin 3/10/08 6:47pm

A Long Night for Times Metro Desk (With Correction)

A team of New York Times metro and investigation reporters and editors have been working since yesterday afternoon to break the story of Eliot Spitzer's alleged involvement with a prostitution ring, according to a newsroom source.

The group of editors were led by metro editor Joe Sexton, politics editor Mary Ann Giordano (former Observer managing editor!), Read More