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Celebrity trumped their talentEditorial Much has already been written and spoken about the recent deaths of four people known more for their celebrity than their talent. And it is without doubt that millions more words will be written and spoken about Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Billy Mays in the months and years to come. It would be easy to dismiss their careers as superficial, but perhaps their fame tells us more about ourselves than about them.
Pay to play doesn't work in newsroomEditorial We can only imagine the uproar this week in The Washington Post’s newsroom when editors and reporters discovered an offer was circulating that would have played them like pawns. Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth, on Thursday, canceled plans for an exclusive gathering at her home that would cost lobbyists and other executives $25,000 a meal for off-the-record access to Obama administration officials, members of Congress and some of the paper’s reporters and editors.
Scheme in theft of books allegedCNHI News Service FROSTBURG, Md. — Seven people were charged Wednesday by law enforcement officials in connection with a textbook theft scheme at Frostburg State University. The investigation by the Combined County Criminal Investigation Unit and FSU Police began after university book store employees noticed discrepancies “involving a student employee who had an unusual amount of brand new textbooks returned for cash,” said a C3I spokesman. Jared Adam Bridges, 22, of Mount Savage had allegedly enlisted the aid of several friends in the theft scheme. Mayfield can race, but he's still in a tight spot
By Christian Potts Not every Southern boy’s daddy ran moonshine or tried to outrun cops on country roads. They weren’t all named Bo or Luke Duke. But many of the people who don’t keep up regularly with NASCAR still think it’s just a step above running moonshine. They think it’s a bunch of good ’ol boys with accents and a bunch of redneck fans sitting around the infield camping out, drinking beer and rolling around in the mud. Swindler got the jail time he deservesEditorial: Swindler got the jail time he deserves Many came to see swindler Bernie Madoff get the punishment he deserves; no one appeared to speak in his behalf. Indeed, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin noted that "not a single letter was submitted in support of Madoff. Not friends, not family. That is telling."
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