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James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also written about jazz, pop, and classical music for Salon, The Oregonian, and WBUR Online Arts, and is currently editor-at-large at The Columbia Journalism Review. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.
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CJR: How Journalists Dropped the Ball on Columbine »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Ten years ago, two Colorado high school students nudged the name Columbine into general circulation as they massacred students, staff, and faculty, then shot themselves ...
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Prisoners Smuggle In Cell Phones Via Carrier Pigeon »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Guards have intercepted two carrier pigeons carrying mobile phones to detainees at a prison in Sorocaba, 62 miles from Sao Paolo, a spokesman for the ...
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Ross Douthat, Wunderkind Conservative, Enters the Times Zone »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
When The Atlantic’s Ross Douthat was recently offered a slot among the nation’s top opinion columnists, at least one colleague wasn’t too ...
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Calif. IRS agent admits cheating on his own taxes »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
An Internal Revenue Service agent who audits taxpayers in California has agreed to plead guilty to cheating on his own taxes.
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In a plea agreement ...Read (605) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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Florida Parent Steals Teacher's Credit Card, Charges Up Storm »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
A parent of a Florida elementary-school student was accused of stealing a teacher's credit card and using it to make unauthorized purchases, according to ...
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Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre dies, aged 8 4 »
Posted by: 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The French composer Maurice Jarre, whose work on the films of David Lean won him three Oscars, has died in Los Angeles after a long ...
(read more)Read (122) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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Propeller Week in Review: March 27, 2009 »
Posted by: 8 months, 4 weeks ago in News
This week, both Sean Hannity and the hotly disputed federal budget stirred up some lively conversations at Propeller. But so did a grasping divorcee and ...
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Toilet sausage chef causes prison unit evacuation »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
An inmate's attempt to heat up sausages in his stainless-steel toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at ...
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Wash. police chief checks Blackberry, hits car »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
The police chief of the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way has issued a public apology for a minor traffic accident that happened while he ...
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Inauguration "Tunnel of Doom": Apology Made by White House »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
Leaders of the Secret Service and Capitol Police apologized Wednesday to thousands of ticket-holders who were shut out of Barack Obama's inauguration. They said ...
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Cops: Bobcat walks into bar, attacks patrons »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
A bobcat attacked three people in a community in central Arizona, including two men who were bitten when the animal wandered inside a bar.
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When career turns down, franchising is option »
Posted by: 9 months ago in Business & Finance
More and more laid off workers are considering franchising as an alternative to working for someone else, according to experts in the industry.
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World of Wallace and Gromit Recreated in $4 Million Museum Show »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
The multiple Oscar-winning animator Nick Park had the odd feeling of being about five inches high and made of Plasticine as he stood leaning on ...
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Florida Judge Helps Subdue Fighting Defendant »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
Authorities say a Broward judge jumped over his bench to help a witness who was being attacked.
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The Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that Circuit ...Read (31) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at theledger.com
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Japanese astronaut tests stink-free underwear »
Posted by: 9 months ago in News
Teen-age boys, are you tired of embarrassing questions about when you last changed underwear? Japan's space scientists may have just the answer -- a line ...
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