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What Are The Odds She’ll
Make It To The Awards Show
Sober And On Time?

Links:
Kanye West, Amy Winehouse Lead Grammy Nods (People)
Another hard day’s night: Amy Winehouse out until 5am with a mystery white powder up her nose (DailyMail)
Amy Winehouse’s nostrils are extra white (Seriously? OMG! WTF?)

People Shouldn’t Judge
Based On Religion, He Says.
Unless They’re Muslim?

Links:
Romney Seeks to Defuse Concerns Over Mormon Faith (NYTimes)
Mitt’s Muslim Mess: The larger problem (EyeOn08.com)
Romney Opposed Naming Muslim To Cabinet On Second Occasion, Witnesses Say (TalkingPointsMemo)

The Problem In Short:
We Build Cities In Places
That Can’t Support ‘Em

Links:
On water usage in and for cities; the effects of extravagance (Sustainable Cities Blog)
The Future Is Drying Up (NYTimes Magazine)

Color Me Confused.
Does This Plan Help Everyone
Or No One? Or Both?

Links:
Bush subprime plan offers help to 1.2M (CNN)
Paulson unveils plan to aid troubled borrowers (Marketwatch)
Mortgage Rescue Is Shortsighted: Pimco Manager (CNBC)

Sleep Long Enough With
Saint Angelina And You’ll
Be A Saint Yourself

Links:
Pitt: Acting becoming ‘less a focus’ (CNN)
Brad Pitt Says More Kids on the Way: “We’re Just Getting Started” (USMagazine)
Brad Pitt: My Kids Are Everything to Me (People)

At Last Zuckerberg
Takes His Lumps. Saving Facebook?
Or Just Saving Face?

Links:
Thoughts on Beacon (The Facebook Blog)
Zuckerberg Saves Face, Apologies For Beacon (TechCrunch)
Zuckerberg’s Mea Culpa, Not Enough (GigaOM)

Clinton Campaign Staff
Is Behind The Obama
Muslim Email Smear

Links:
Hillary Campaign Acknowledges That County Chair Backing Hillary Passed Along Obama Muslim Smear Email (TPM Election Central)
A tale of two e-mails (Salon.com)
Clinton Campaign County Chair Pushing Obama Smear (The Nation)

Move Over Boston.
Move Over New York Yankees.
Detroit Came To Play

Links:
Tigers, A.L. just got tougher (SportsIllustrated)
Cabrera, Willis put Tigers among elite teams (MSNBC)
Tigers and Marlins head in opposite directions (ESPN)

Claims Of Amnesia
An Insurance Policy
I Smell A Movie

Links:
British Man Presumed Dead for 5 Years Arrested for Fraud (SkyNews)
Missing canoeist arrested in UK (CNN)
Canoeist arrested after vanishing for 5 years (MSNBC)

It Can’t Be The Worst
Year For Music If “My Humps”
Came Out In 05

Link:

10 Worst Hit Songs of 2007 (DoubleViking)

What Bush Is Saying:
“You Mean You Want Facts This Time
Before Starting War?”

Links:
Bush: DNI Told Me ‘We Have Some New Information, He Didn’t Tell Me What The Information Was’ (Think Progress)
News photos contributed to reassessment of Iran (USAToday)
Bush Says Iran Still a Danger Despite Report on Weapons (NYTimes)

It’s Not Just Subprime.
What If Mortages Of All
Grades Are Crap? What Then?

Link:
In E*Trade Deal, Pain Went Far Beyond Subprime (NYTimes)

Size 2 Is Not Fat,
Says Original J-Lo.
In Fact, It’s Healthy.

Links:
Jennifer Love Hewitt Speaks Out! (OK Magazine)
Jennifer Love Hewitt: “A size 2 is not fat!” (ThatsFit)
Jennifer Love Hewitt Bikini Pictures! (Egotastic)

Imus Back With A
Black Co-Host, Proving He’s Not
Racist (Sarcasm)

Links:
A Chastened Imus Returns to Radio (NYTimes)
Imus Returns, Calls Hillary Clinton ‘Satan,’ Dick Cheney a ‘War Criminal’ (NYObserver)
Imus Is Back! (MediaBistro)

Cheney Says One Thing.
Analysts Say Another.
We’ve Been Here Before.

Links:
U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work (NYTimes)
Holy Moly, Indeed (Time Magazine)
NIE Report: Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program Years Ago (ABC News)