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Thursday, May 02, 2002

news hounding

"Now Adelman is locked in a battle against the Belo media corporation, owner of The Dallas Morning News, which sent him a legalistic letter this week demanding that BarkingDogs.org remove all "deep links" to the DallasNews.com site."

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never happen

"Former President Bill Clinton met with NBC executives Wednesday in Los Angeles to discuss hosting his own talk show, according to several television sources.

Although the talks are only preliminary, one source said Clinton's interest was serious and said he was demanding a fee of $50 million a year and had aspirations "of becoming the next Oprah Winfrey."

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sunnyside up

james fallows and ralph nader are at slate's breakfast table this week.

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swallow tales

"John Dean, the White House counsel whose revelations about the Nixon presidency were the first flames in the volcano of Watergate scandal, is about to turn up the heat again by revealing the identity of Deep Throat." via spike

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human nature

"Scientists for the first time have managed to remotely direct the movements of rats by using implanted electrodes to control their behavior -- in effect transforming living animals into robots."

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Wednesday, May 01, 2002

deep dish


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Tuesday, Apr 30, 2002

get down with your bad self

"R&B star R Kelly has been hit with a third lawsuit which says he had sex with an underage girl who then became pregnant."

Kelly has been called to the Vatican for a special meeting where he will be presented with this months Cardinal Sin Award which is quite an honor considering the competition these days.


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critical condition

metacritic

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Monday, Apr 29, 2002

hate speech

im all for self hating jews, just as long as they they hate themselves for the right reasons. i can think of a few, not supporting israels incursions is not one of them. and then theres the rebuttal...

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eye for an eye

"The people in the audience, the glosserati of New York publishing, might feel the urge to hate Mr. Remnick for his seemingly effortless stewardship of the industry's literary hope chest. But they are likely to applaud lustily, and even sincerely. His predecessor at The New Yorker, Tina Brown, may have made Eustace Tilley dance, but Mr. Remnick has made the man with the monocle do so without making fans of the old New Yorker grimace."

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