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As the governor’s race in New Jersey enters its final weeks, incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine has introduced the weight of his Republican opponent, Chris Christie, as a campaign issue.
An article on Slate.com by Daniel Engber — “Too Big To Win. Fat…
Jack Shafer, the often-irreverent media critic for Slate.com, offers some theories for why murders at Ivy League schools get so much press coverage. His column’s headline: “Murder Draped in Ivy. Why the press can’t get enough of Harvard or Yale…
Slate.com is conducting an experiment aimed at answering that question. For three days this week — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — Slate has two teams of readers trying to stay abreast of the news through different sources.
On one side:
- Two (mostly) newspaper…
Hackers invaded Gov. Sarah Palin’s e-mail account this week. The next few graphs are from a computerworld.com article on the intrusion:
“A group of hackers that hit the Church of Scientology’s site earlier this year have apparently cracked the Yahoo Mail account…
“Palin pledges to shake up D.C.” is the lead headline on the top story in today’s Post-Dispatch. “Making history” is the second headline and the third: “First woman on GOP ticket throws quick jabs at Obama.”
Slate.com’s synopsis of major national papers indicates…
Interesting article today on Slate.com about John McCain’s frequent use of “my friends” while speaking.
