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Lily Tuck wins National Book Award
Lily Tuck from Minnesota was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for her fictionalized tale of Ella Lynch, the Irish-born mistress of 19th century Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano Lopez, "The News From Paraguay"
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By Jingo! It's the Boy Genius!
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MPAA sues video fileswappers
The MPAA has filed the first wave of lawsuits against apparent fileswappers and released a program to detect illegal media files
"Agent Orange' - a short film on Amazon Theater directed by Tony Scott
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Modes Of Protest
The attempt at self-immolation in front of the White House by an alleged FBI terrorist informer is a sign of frustration and protest
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Playing Anda's Game
Cory Doctorow has posted a spanking new and good story called 'Anda's Game' at Salon.com under a Creative Commons License(day pass or subscription reqd. - a kind of DRM, methinks). To make it easier for you to read - I'm providing Anda's Game text and html versions - also under a Creative Commons License.
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Shuffling The Deck
Secretary of State Colin Powell will be leaving the Bush cabinet, as widely anticipated. The recent departure of the Attorney-General and the Commerce Secretary from the Bush cabinet is the beginning of a reshuffle of the entire cabinet, with upto half the team slated to go or change posts.
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Searching For Stupidity
While most organizations are in search of Excellence, it is perhaps more instructive to learn from Stupidity. After all, it's the flameouts, snafus and 'Himalayan blunders' that make the difference between being on top and not.
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Music Review: neo-soul John Legend
John Legend brings old-style soul harmonies to a gospel-like rendition of Used To Love U, the first single from his upcoming album Get Lifted.
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Book Review: Censored 2005
Censored 2005 is an interesting report on the most censored media stories of 2004 by the Project Censored group, out of the School of Social Sciences at Sonoma State University. Amidst all the concerns about invasion of privacy due to new omnivorous laws, and lack of transparency in the workings of governments and corporations, this book records stuff that might have been swept into the dustbin of history
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