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• World's Youngest Grandmother is 23

  Wed Mar 9, 2011
  • Yuck!

• NPR Ombudsman talks about Vivian Schiller's resignation and Ron Schiller's Tea Party remarks

  Wed Mar 9, 2011
  • My local NPR station spent the noon hour yesterday discussing the firing. And today, I hear another fired reporter, this time from SI, because he cheered at a great moment in sports.

• The Irresistible Charlie Sheen Why do we care about celebrities?

  Fri Mar 4, 2011
  • I will admit to being fascinated by the Charlie Sheen interviews. I have not been fascinated by Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith or even Mel Gibson.

• March 03, 2011 - Mark W. Moffett Stephen fights Jimmy Fallon over his new ice cream flavor, and Mark Moffett talks about bees.

  Fri Mar 4, 2011
  • Loved the fight with Jimmy Fallon.

• A Limit on Lending E-Books; Beginning in March, e-books from HarperCollins may be lent by public libraries only 26 times before the license expires.

  Tue Mar 1, 2011
  • don't like. I think it will hurt public libraries and makes the publishing companies look petty. I think they are trying to hold back progress. BTW, the cat is already out of the bag.

• Why feds should not fund public broadcasting

  Tue Feb 22, 2011
  • Love NPR and PBS. And yes, I support with donations. Here's the question I have - does gov't funding keep NPR "neutral"? Will the lack of gov't funding jeopardize the analysis and limit every story to the less than 5 mins sound bite? Would any change jeopardize the non-profit status?

• Why feds should not fund public broadcasting

  Tue Feb 22, 2011
  • Jon Stewart did an interview with Terri Gross on Fresh Air last year. You can hear the interview on the NPR website.

• 'Castle' review: Laura Prepon played 'Nikki Heat' as Stana Katic as Beckett: 'Way too meta,' said Nathan Fillon, Er, Castle

  Tue Jan 4, 2011
  • I just watched the episode on the DVR. I thought it was a good, fun episode. BTW, did you read the book? Who is actually writing them? and are they any good?

• Will You Take My 2011 Newsvine Reading Challenge?

  Mon Jan 3, 2011
  • I am in this year. It will mean less facebook and less TV, but that may not be bad.

• Google sucker-punches online retail bully

  Thu Dec 2, 2010
  • There's buyer beware and then there's fraud.  What this company did sounds close to fraud, but probably not prosecuted because you would need a lot of complaints to an attorney general.