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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: plagiarism

plagiarism stories: 29 news summaries

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Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

He admits he got confused reading it
to his grandkids

Apr 17, 08 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The judge in the Harry Potter copyright case gave the man who compiled The Harry Potter Lexicon a one-up against JK Rowling today when he announced that her books were full of gibberish, the Telegraph reports. He said he tried reading one to his grandkids and found it "extremely... More »

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Harry Potter • plagiarism • JK Rowling • trial • copyright • copyright infringement • Harry Potter Lexicon

'Lonely Planet' Writer Admits
He Made It Up

Writer dealt drugs, took freebies, and oh yeah, never visited Colombia

Apr 14, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lonely Planet guidebook executives are reeling in the wake of memoir confessions by one of their authors that he fabricated or plagiarized parts of the books—and dealt drugs to fund his trips. Thomas Kohnstamm also writes in Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? that he flouted guidebook policy by... More »

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plagiarism • Colombia • memoir • Lonely Planet • solo travel • cheap travel • Thomas Kohnstamm

That's Professor Obama to You

U of Chicago refutes Clinton claim; liberal blog backs off McCain plagiarism allegation

Mar 28, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was indeed a professor at the University of Chicago's law school, the school said today. The Clinton campaign and the Sun-Times have said otherwise, but academic semantics back the onetime senior lecturer. The university said that title did qualify Obama as a professor—and the law school had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • plagiarism • University of Chicago • professor • Chicago Sun Times

Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism

Point person on faith-based initiatives stole for his columns

Mar 1, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A White House aide who helped establish President Bush’s faith-based community initiative resigned yesterday after admitting he plagiarized portions of columns he submitted to an Indiana newspaper, the Indianaopolis Star reports. The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne found that 20 columns by Tim Goeglein, who had served in... More »

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ethics • newspaper • plagiarism • White House • resignation • apology • Tim Goeglein • George W. Bush

Now Hillary's Accused of Plagiarizing Edwards

Obama camp claims Clinton lifted from Edwards

Feb 22, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton wisecracked last night that Barack Obama was promising "change you can Xerox"—prompting the Obama camp to suggest Clinton may have cribbed part of that speech from John Edwards, writes Isaac Chotiner in the New Republic. It was the latest battle in the heated war of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Texas • plagiarism • Democratic debate • Democratic nomination

Columbia Prof
in Noose Case Plagiarized
Her Students

She calls school probe a racist conspiracy

Feb 21, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The Columbia professor who made headlines when she found a noose on her office door has plagiarized from students and another professor, the school says. The university’s Teachers College found two dozen instances in which Madonna Constantine stole from other's works in articles published under her name. Constantine, who's... More »

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Columbia University • plagiarism • hate crime • professor • noose • Madonna Constantine • Teachers College

Clinton Camp Calls Obama Plagiarist

He says same of her, but admits he 'should have' credited lines

Feb 18, 08 6:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton accused Barack Obama of plagiarism today over a speech he gave two nights ago, the Swamp blog reports. Obama retaliated by hitting Hillary with five instances of her robbing his words, including "Yes, we can" and "Bring this country together." But the Illinois senator later... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • plagiarism • presidential politics • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Deval Patrick • Election 2008

Author Sues Seinfelds Over 'Copycat' Cookbook

Comic's lawyers say suit is about nothing

Jan 8, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The author who blasted Jessica Seinfeld for allegedly stealing her cookbook ideas slapped Seinfeld and her funnyman hubby with a lawsuit today, simultaneously accusing Jerry Seinfeld of defaming her character, the Smoking Gun reports. After Missy Chase Lapine accused his wife of plagiarizing her book, The Sneaky Chef, Jerry... More »

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plagiarism • Jerry Seinfeld • lawsuit • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks • Missy Chase Lapine • The Sneaky Chef • Deceptively Delicious • comedian

Students Sue for Homework

Apr 10, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four teenage students are suing an antiplagiarism website for the rights to their schoolwork, arguing that they were forced to turn over original work without compensation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When their school adopted an antiplagiarism service called Turnitin, students were required to submit essays to be stored and... More »

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education • property rights • Turnitin • plagiarism • intellectual property • school • lawsuit

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