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Update 2: I forgot to mention there is a sidebar. Dawn’s name is spelled right there. Update: So my first NYT piece is marred with a mistake and I feel like a total idiot. Dawn Misceli’s name was misspelled. It is properly spelled Dawn Miceli. I apologize. New Food for IPods: Audio by Subscription By CYRUS FARIVAR October 28, 2004 TUCKED away in their old farmhouse in Wayne, Wis., surrounded by dairy farms and cornfields, Dawn Misceli, 28, and Drew…

Measure Q Shall an ordinance be adopted to: 1) make enforcement of prostitution laws the lowest priority; 2) oppose state laws making prostitution a crime; and 3) require semi-annual reporting of prostitution-related Berkeley Police Department law enforcement activities? Financial Implications: Possible increases in law enforcement costs as a result of potential increase in prostitution-related crime and increased reporting requirements. I’m voting yes on this.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 – A new legal opinion by the Bush administration has concluded for the first time that some non-Iraqi prisoners captured by American forces in Iraq are not entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions, administration officials said Monday. The opinion, reached in recent months, establishes an important exception to public assertions by the Bush administration since March 2003 that the Geneva Conventions applied comprehensively to prisoners taken in the conflict in Iraq, the officials said. They…

I’m sorry that I’ve been away from any kind of meaningful regular blogging lately. I’ve been really busy with my Times piece, and schoolwork, and the like. Firstly, six Pitcairners have been convicted of rape. What a crazy story. Still looking forward to reading Serpent in Paradise. Anyhow, so much has happened in the last week, I barely know where to begin. Monday: So we had RW1 last Monday, as usual. And as usual we discussed our assignment for the…

Keyes, a former diplomat and talk-show host, accused Obama, a state senator and college lecturer, of “breathtaking naivete” by criticizing the Iraq war. Obama said Keyes resorted to “overblown rhetoric” in his frequent criticisms of homosexuals and women who get abortions. Keyes said Obama displayed “ignorance” in his knowledge of the Constitution. Obama pointed out that he teaches constitutional law at the University of Chicago and accused Keyes of frequently making inaccurate statements. The two even argued over whether Keyes…

Or is this the first NYT article that when it appeared online contains an external link — as opposed to stories such as this one, which have internal links about political figures?

As I was browsing the world of LJ for the purposes of this research article I came across a journal that I read nonchalantly and somewhat cynically until I came across this entry: Òi love bread. good, fresh, bread.Ó I dropped the telephone no less than four times in my panicked attempt to mash the keypad and call someone, anyone, and tell them about this É this É I just donÕt know. After recovering from a six-week coma, I delved…

But I’ve been really busy with working on a piece for The New York Times (!!!) that I just finished tonight. Should be appearing next Thursday. Keep an eye out. Just got to finish up some minor things and head to bed. But first, a couple of really tragic and really cool stories (courtesy Aaron): A 21-year-old college student died Thursday of a head injury after a clash between police and a crowd of Red Sox fans who poured into…

It was actually happening. The nerd was kissing the homecoming queen. Paper was beating scissors; scissors were beating rock. Charlie Brown was kicking the football. The Red Sox were beating the Yankees for the American League pennant. [“Red Sox’ Anguish and Yankees’ Mystique and Aura Dissolve in Game 7” by Tyler Kepner, The New York Times, October 21 2004]

One congressman — the Hungarian-born Tom Lantos, a Democrat from California and the only Holocaust survivor in Congress — mentioned that the Scandinavian countries were viewed more positively. Lantos went on to describe for the president how the Swedish Army might be an ideal candidate to anchor a small peacekeeping force on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Sweden has a well-trained force of about 25,000. The president looked at him appraisingly, several people in the room recall. ”I…