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profile stories: 10 news summaries
ANTISOCIAL NETWORKING

 OMG, Enuf With Ur Duckface 

Social networks groan under weight of bad profile mugs

Nov 15, 09 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Chances are, if it doesn’t describe the face you’re making in your Facebook profile picture, it describes one (and likely more) of your friends: the pouty-kissy duckface. And the minds behind Stop Making That Duckface! are sick of it. “Stop doing it,” reads the manifesto just... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • profile • duckface • Stop Making That Duckface! • Taylor Dayne

 Obama's Best Pal 
 Keeps Him in Line 

When Jarrett weighs in, prez listens

Jul 23, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the president has made up his mind, there’s one person who can change it: Valerie Jarrett, who acts as his “intermediary to the outside world,” Robert Draper writes in a hefty New York Times Magazine profile. “There are two people he’s not going to... More »

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adviser • profile • presidential adviser • Valerie Jarrett • Obama administration • President Obama

analysis


 Rahm Less Partisan, 
 More Powerful 

Obama's no. 2 tones down trademark partisanship

Jan 25, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s chief of staff has a reputation as a feisty, vicious partisan, but he’s trying to tone it down as he takes a central role in the White House, writes Mark Leibovich in the New York Times. Never far from his boss, Emanuel is more “chief”... More »

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Rahm Emanuel • personality • profile • Obama administration • President Obama • chief of staff

 Jill Biden Goes Her Own Way 

VP-Elect's wife won't be sticking to Naval Conservatory

Nov 28, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Jill Biden is not your typical vice presidential spouse. She has four degrees, three kids, and a teaching career that’s unlikely to take a back seat to her Washington duties, Politico reports. “She’ll still teach in the spring, but hopefully near Washington,” said a colleague at... More »

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Joe Biden • vice president • profile • Jill Biden • President Obama

glossies

 Vince Vaughn 
 Is Livin' Large 


Nov 11, 08 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Vince Vaughn looks much like his on-screen persona in real life, except bigger. Much bigger, writes Chris Jones of Esquire. Though he's writing a script with longtime buddy Jon Favreau, co-starring with Reese Witherspoon in a holiday flick, and finishing a “fantastic” documentary about Belfast, his "great golden... More »

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celebrity • Jennifer Aniston • profile • Reese Witherspoon • Vince Vaughn • celebrity tell-alls

GLOSSIES

 Winslet's Back, 
 With Eyes on Oscar 

Actress reunites with DiCaprio, stars in two films likely to earn her some hardware

Nov 5, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet isn’t a demure lady, she just plays one on the screen. The foul-mouthed, roll-your-own-smokes former “fat girl” was ecstatic to be the youngest actress with five Oscar nominations two years ago, but “you bet your (expletive) ass” she wants to actually win one this time... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • Academy Awards • Titanic • profile • movies • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Ralph Fiennes • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

Jury Selection Turns to
Facebook, Blogs, Data

Experts mine online profiles for background on jurors' views

Sep 29, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Get called for jury duty these days, and you can expect attorneys to know a lot more about you than they let on. Trial consultants who used to specialize in legwork—visiting neighbors and friends to gather clues to potential jurors' views—are now expert Web surfers, tracing things like... More »

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Facebook • prosecutor • blog • juror • profile • jury selection • public defender • Internet privacy

glossies

 Scruffy Rogen
 Rising Star of
 'Comedy Mafia'

Pineapple Express may rocket scruffy actor to big bucks

Aug 5, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seth Rogen's comedy career stumbled for years, but Pineapple Express may catapult him into full-fledged movie stardom, Alex Pappademas writes in GQ. Films like Knocked Up established Rogen as a hilarious "bromantic" lead, and the action-comedy Pineapple, which he co-wrote, proves the scruffy... More »

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film • Rolling Stone • comedy • profile • Seth Rogen • Pineapple Express

glossies

 Inside Pam's
 Wacko World 

Andrew Goldman writes of a weird road trip and interview

Jun 19, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is Pamela Anderson playing us all? Andrew Goldman can’t seem to make up his mind, as he reports on a wacky road trip with the silicone diva for Radar. Goldman does manage to tease a few salient facts out of the actress, who is producing a new “... More »

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reality TV • celebrity • USO • Pamela Anderson • profile • Baywatch

Steroid Peddlers Want
to Friend You

MySpace users nabbed in nationwide drug sting

Sep 27, 07 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - There were 120 alleged criminals pinched this week in a Connecticut steroids crackdown, but only five are accused of selling drugs on MySpace. Four are accused of purchasing raw Chinese steroid power, manufacturing the drugs in their homes and selling them through the social-networking site, the New York Times reports.... More »

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MySpace • steroids • Phony Pharm • profile • News Corp

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