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From: To: [email protected] Subject: Times Insider: Highlights From the Week Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 15:02:32 +0000 View in Browser Add to your address book. Friday, February 10, 2017 jj The New York The New York Times Shortz, The New York Times's crossword editor, chats with a puzzle enthusiast at a Times Insider event on Tuesday. Will Shortz, The New York Times's crossword editor, chats with a puzzle enthusiast at a Times Insider event on Tuesday. Stephen Hiltner/The New York Times Hello Insiders, How many of us thought we knew where the Super Bowl was headed at halftime last week? The reporter Ben Shpigel takes us through the twists and turns of that night, writing right up until deadline. It's a razor-sharp look at how reporting gets done at The Times that I think you will love. Read! EFTA00635594 The week was a big one for word nerds. We brought three Times puzzle masters — including crossword editor Will Shortz — to a live audience for an evening of verbal gymnastics. Watch the video and play along! In other news, . sure you read that an appeals court refused to reinstate the president's travel ban. Op-ed columnist Andrew Rosenthal shares his thoughts on that — and other news that made him glad, sad and mad. Listen! Speaking of which, does the idea of a travel ban make you mad, sad or glad? Weigh in with our poll — and share your views in the comments. Until next week, Francesca Donner Times Insider What to Read Now Rachel Levit POSTCARD FROM BEIJING By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW EFTA00635595 Why China Is Ripe for the Couch "Heart science analysis," as it's known in Chinese, has gained enormously in popularity. INSIDER PODCASTS Good, Bad and Mad: Andrew Rosenthal on the News "We still have a court system." The Opinion columnist Andrew Rosenthal on the Trump administration's latest moves and other news. aTop row: President Trump, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last month; Bottom row: Judge Richard R. Clifton, left, `Or So It Seemed': Notes on Rewriting the Super Bowl r\a ui With the Atlanta Falcons up 28-3 in Super Bowl 51, a Times reporter was well into writing a story about the team's domination over the Patriots. And then the improbable happened. Belichick, Tom Brady and LeGarrette Blount celebrate after the New England Patriots' victory. A Good Meal Is Hard to Find — at Least on New York's Upper West Side It% I, 1.1 \ White Gold is the first Upper West Side eatery that's gotten a starred review since the restaurant critic Pete Wells started at The Times. LIVE EVENT Will Shortz: Meet the Puzzle Master! Will Shortz, Deb Amlen and Joel Fagliano were on hand to discuss The New York Times's approach to puzzles. Watch a video stream of their discussion. is];The crossword puzzle in The New York Times special section on Sunday has 728 clues. EFTA00635596 Aren't We Off Sugar Now? Not Quite. Welcome Yotam Ottolenghi. Sam Sifton, the food editor of The Times, on the start of a new baking column from a celebrated British chef. ;113omegranate Rose Granita WEEKLY POLL Does the Idea of a Travel Ban Make You Mad, Sad or Glad? Weigh in with Times Insider's weekly poll. (Refugees from Syria arrived at O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday in Chicago. Harry Belafonte: Inside Dish By .10IIN LELAND The reporter John Leland can't tell what, exactly, Harry Belafonte said. But that doesn't mean he can't dish. Belafonte in Midtown Manhattan on Nov. 8, 2016. LOOKING BACK 1941 I On a Day of Infamy, The Times Is On the Air By DAVID W. DUNLAP The debut of Michael Barbaro's "The Daily" audio show is a reminder that The Times has been broadcasting the news for 76 years. a'T he New York Times broadcast news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hours before it hit print. And Lester Bernstein, above at a 2012 A Few Things to Know About Times Insider You get our newsletter — great! 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