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Suspect in Reporter's Death Turns Self In By MARTY NILAND, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 23 minutes ago WASHINGTON - A suspect in the beating death of New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum turned himself in to police Thursday night after TV stations broadcast surveillance images showing his face. Michael Hamlin, 23, of Washington, saw one of the broadcasts and went to the 7th District police station "inquiring why his face was on TV," said Metropolitan Police Detective Anthony Paci. Hamlin arrived at the police station around 6 p.m. EST. Police then took him to another police station, where he...

David E. Rosenbaum, a longtime editor and reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, died yesterday after being beaten and robbed Friday night near his home in upper Northwest Washington. Rosenbaum, 63, died at 7:10 p.m. at Howard University Hospital, where he was treated for a head injury suffered during the attack on Gramercy Street NW, said Philip Taubman, chief of the Times's Washington bureau Doctors had operated on Rosenbaum on Saturday to relieve pressure on his brain. D.C. police were canvassing the neighborhood yesterday for clues in the attack, which occurred in a quiet section between...