The wild goose chase is an occupational hazard of journalism, and some of us are more susceptible than others. Some of us, and I count myself in their number, can get a little obsessed.
On Wednesday, the following, datelined Paris, appeared in the International Herald Tribune newspaper, which is the global edition of The New York Times: “Harry Rosenbaum, a 24-year-old student from Madison, Wis., was arrested in front of a bookshop at 30 boulevard Saint-Michel Friday night and charged with the theft of a book, it became known yesterday.”
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