Bill Nemitz: Think tank, government proud to buddy up

Source: The Portland Maine Press Herald

Thursday evening, the left-leaning group Maine’s Majority released a plethora of emails – all the fruits of a months-long freedom of access effort – showing just how chummy the Maine Heritage Policy Center is with the Republican establ ...
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The prime minister has put his judgment and integrity on trial | Andrew Rawnsley

Source: Guardian Unlimited

What have been the worst misjudgments committed by David Cameron since he stepped over the threshold of Number 10? Some might nominate letting Andrew Lansley loose on the health service. Others would propose the prime mini ...
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Meet the Banker Being Blamed for Facebook's IPO Flop

Source: The Atlantic

Facebook's messy IPO and the fallout over the following week have left many looking for someone to blame, and apparently inside Morgan Stanley it's falling on one of their star investment bankers, Michael Grimes. The Wall Stree ...
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“The Life of Slang” by Julie Coleman

Source: The Washington Post

Julie Coleman , a linguist who teaches at the University of Leicester in England, attempts in “ The Life of Slang ” to walk a line between academic and popular readerships, with uneven results. On the one hand, the book is cluttered with endless lists ...
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Martin O’Malley, other top Md. Democrats are helping out with Rushern Baker fundraiser

Source: The Washington Post

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) during a 2011 appearance in Annapolis.(Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post) The past stretch has not been the most chummy for Democratic leaders in Annapolis. B ...
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It Takes a Village to Wrap a Film Shoot

Source: The Atlantic

A first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for The Atlantic finishes principal photography. Filmmaking is such a collaborative process that it is dizzying. I thought I was making a tiny movie, but it all got weird an ...
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Red Reporter Field Trip: Taking in BP at GABP, but not with BP

Source: Red Reporter :: A Cincinnati Reds Blog

Being on the field was a surreal experience. After being led through the bowels of GABP, we entered through the umpires tunnel attached to the visitors dugout, and were stationed in a roped-off area behind the batting cage. ...
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Johnny Depp gets cozy with Amber Heard

Source: Miami Herald

The chemistry between Johnny Depp, 48, and Amber Heard, 26, in last year’s The Rum Diary , about Hunter Thompson’s exploits in Puerto Rico, wasn’t an act, so says the rumor mill. The two former costars have been s ...
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Kinky Friedman on Man In Black Tequila and Winning the Battle Even If You Lose the War

Source: Dallas Observer

Earlier this week Kinky Friedman was in town at Sigel's promoting his new Man in Black line of tequila. Jasper Russo (with Sigel's) sent me the picture above, and I sent him back a few questions for Kinky, since the ...
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