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  • September 2008

    • Jury Selection Turns to Facebook, Blogs, Data

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 29, 08 11:55 AM CDT

      Jury Selection Turns to Facebook, Blogs, Data

      (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 spending habits, campaign contributions, letters to the editor—not to speak of the personal info on your Facebook page, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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

    • Blogger's Pursuit of Paternity Issue Verges on Vendetta

      Washington Post  |  Sep 24, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      Blogger's Pursuit of Paternity Issue Verges on Vendetta

      (Newser) - Andrew Sullivan, blogger for the Atlantic , has come under fire for hammering John McCain’s campaign on an issue everyone else seems to have gotten over: whether or not Sarah Palin or her teen daughter Bristol is the mother of 4-month-old Trig Palin, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post . Sullivan asked the campaign in two emails last week to “confirm, on the record” Trig’s paternity. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Karl Rove  • blog  • conservatives  • Andrew Sullivan  • Trig Palin

  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Liberal Bloggers Get Their Wish... or Do They?

      Washington Post  |  Jul 21, 08 12:14 PM CDT

      Liberal Bloggers Get Their Wish... or Do They?

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's frontrunner status has liberal bloggers wondering whether they should have been careful what they wished for. “The way it’s looking, we might actually win this thing,” said Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitas. The "Netroots" movement began as a response to a Republican-dominated Washington; the Washington Post explores what it will do in a Democratic one. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • blog  • blogger  • blogosphere  • netroots  • Markos Moulitsas  • Netroots Nation

    • LA Times Insider Launches Anti-Zell Blog

      New York Times  |  Jul 21, 08 8:14 AM CDT

      LA Times Insider Launches Anti-Zell Blog

      (Newser) - Heads continue to roll at the Tribune Company, but one staffer is aiming to prove the pen is mightier than Sam Zell's ax, reports the New York Times, with new blog TellZell.com. The site is airing the gripes of Tribune's disgruntled journalists, and is finding plenty of fodder—from top-level resignations at the LA Times to publishing the unreleased list of employees facing layoffs. More »

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      newspaper  • journalism  • blog  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • layoffs  • Los Angeles Times  • insider information

    • Peterson Blog Sparks Outrage

      Radar  |  Jul 18, 08 7:29 PM CDT

      Peterson Blog Sparks Outrage

      (Newser) - Scott Peterson has a blog—of sorts. The death row inmate, convicted for the murder of his wife Laci and the fetus she carried, is posting his thoughts on a website set up by a Canadian anti-death penalty group, Radar reports. The occasional postings concern his appeal, his "wrongful conviction," and his “mother-in-law,” Laci's mom—who went on Larry King Live last night to describe her outrage. More »

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      murder  • blog  • death row  • appeal  • convict  • murder of the unborn

  • June 2008

    • Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      Jezebel  |  Jun 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT

      Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      (Newser) - A Chinese graphic novelist determined to keep the aftermath of last month's earthquake on the front burner is using her new blog to get the message out, and fellow citizen journalists on the other side of the world are catching on. "We love you, Coco Wang," a blogger at New York-based Jezebel writes to the Beijing-based artist. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • blog  • China earthquake  • blogger  • blogging  • artist  • blogs  • graphic novel  • blog posts

    • AP Waffles on Blog Policies

      paidContent.org  |  Jun 16, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      AP Waffles on Blog Policies

      (Newser) - The Associated Press is struggling to hash out its policies toward bloggers who excerpt the organization's coverage, paidContent.org notes. The news agency attacked a liberal blog that posted snippets from its stories, but an AP exec later told the New York Times he regretted such a "heavy-handed" approach. Still, he's not withdrawing any demands that the blog remove the content. More »

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      blog  • copyright  • Associated Press

    • Cluttered? '100 Thing Challenge' Awaits

      Time  |  Jun 14, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Cluttered? '100 Thing Challenge' Awaits

      (Newser) - A crusading blogger is inspiring citizens to take on a predicament of modern life: clutter. Dave Bruno launched the 100 Thing Challenge in an effort to free himself from his stuff, and he's down to just 97 belongings, Time reports. And while Bruno is a strict constructionist, some of his followers are more forgiving. “All my shoes count as one item,” said one woman. More »

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      blog  • blogger  • home  • clutter  • living conditions  • organization

    • House of Lords Fishes Where the Fish Are: YouTube

      Associated Press  |  Jun 13, 08 5:46 PM CDT

      House of Lords Fishes Where the Fish Are: YouTube

      (Newser) - The House of Lords is vaulting into the 21st century, hosting a YouTube channel dedicated to dispelling its upper-crust image. The appointed branch of Parliament rolled out several videos today, full of legislators explaining to clueless young people how the system works, the AP reports. "We hope that they will help to combat some of the outdated stereotypes of members of the upper house," said the Lord Speaker. More »

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      YouTube  • blog  • diversity  • House of Lords

  • April 2008

    • My Search Term, Myself

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 21, 08 2:04 PM CDT

      My Search Term, Myself

      (Newser) - Freud would have a field day studying Google searches, posits a blogger who tracked the terms visitors to his web page used and found a window into man's pathologies. John Kelly, a columnist on leave from the Washington Post, writes in the Guardian about "how the fetishes, pathologies and strange obsessions of humankind are catalogued every day on the world wide web."  More »

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      Internet  • Google  • blog  • blogger  • blogosphere  • Internet access  • British media

    • Blogs Vent China's Anti-West Ire

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 16, 08 8:32 PM CDT

      Blogs Vent China's Anti-West Ire

      (Newser) - The Chinese Internet is aflame with vitriol at Western governments and news organizations for “insults” over Tibet and recent Olympic torch incidents, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Chinese authorities, usually quick to censor the Web, have let the sentiment flow, believing "the West is trying to humiliate them again," according to a US political scientist. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • blog  • Olympic torch