L.A. Times - National News:
The Democrat has arguably the hardest-working staff on Capitol Hill scrambling to meet requests from constituents, lobbyists and the media. Now he wants to beat Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Social networking sends $15,000 shocker inspired by Fawlty Towers into box-office hall of fameThere is nothing remotely scary about the beige library in the Soho Hotel. It's calm, quiet, bland. Yet towards the end of a low-ke (Read More)
SFGate: Politics Blog:
Between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ripping off his mike this week in an interview and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman weighing in on the media, we must say: man, some of...
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The Guardian:
Lavlee Mollik tells Bangladesh newspaper that she wants her daughters to live and be educated in AustraliaThe mother of conjoined Bangladeshi twins who were separated in an operation in Melbourne has said she does not want c (Read More)
Huffington Post:
The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivatives, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said Thursday."Most people who write abou (Read More)
The Guardian:
Getting a place on a graduate training programme can be like tackling an assault course. One determined student talks to Nic Paton about clearing the hurdles ... and winningYou may not (yet) have to stand up and sing in front (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
'I felt that the only thing I was on earth to do was to write'A couple of months ago Mavis Gallant had a dream. A messenger came to the door carrying a cardboard box with a lid on it. On top was written "Mavis Gallant" in big (Read More)
The Guardian:
A reader tells of her love of G2, Suduoku and cost-saving tips in Money as well as a project involving young deaf NepalisMy husband and I have been reading the Guardian for years. On weekdays I start with G2 – I'm addicted to (Read More)
The Guardian:
Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlinesStripped blogger Belle de JourThe blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argu (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
British troops could be withdrawn from Germany by a future Tory government if other Nato states agreed to take over the UK's commitments there, the shadow defence secretary, Liam Fox, has said.Fox said it is "no longer necess (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Interview comments criticised as dangerous• Agent says words were taken out of contextWhen the supermodel Kate Moss, in a rare online interview this week, told readers that one of her mottos was "nothing tastes as good as s (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Blake Lively's next big screen role is a runaway drug-addled S&M video star who seeks refuge in the arms of a much older man in 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.' The 'Gossip Girl' star tells Parade magazine just what it was l (Read More)
Comment from Times Online:
Asked during an interview with a fashion website if she had any mottoes, Kate Moss replied, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”. And the clouds parted, and the sky opened, and Hell rained down upon her. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Max BlumenthalProgressive Book Club/Media Matters for America reviewIn August 2008, when then-senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said the media had held her under a "sharper microscope" because she was a woman (Read More)
SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat:
John Sickels has an interesting interview with Billy Beane on Minor League Ball. Sounds like Plan A is to get Chris Carter more time in the outfield (probably left) and keep Daric Barton at first. As for Brett Wallace, the (Read More)
Fox News:
A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon. (Read More)
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat:
Are people born writers? Or are writers created by years of practice and strong teachers?Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large for Fortune magazine. The veteran reporter and author e (Read More)