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Update -- This story was a hoax. April 13, 2007
Senator Leahy Says Missing RNC Emails Like Watergate Tapes 18 Minute Gap
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) of the Senate Judiciary Committee today compared the RNC's missing emails to the missing eighteen minutes on the Watergate tapes of conversations made in President Nixon's office. April 12, 2007
Rolling Stone Planning Social Network
Andrea Feczko, a student taking the Digital Journalism: Blogging course at New York University, Spring 2007, broke the news about a new social network from Rolling Stone that is in the works. April 12, 2007
Geri Halliwell to Write Children's Books
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is going to write a children's book, according to The Book Standard. April 12, 2007
New Harry Potter Screenwriter Tells All
There have been numerous rumors swirling around the set of the next Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. April 12, 2007
Trapped in Emoticon Hell
Leigh Buchanan of Inc. April 12, 2007
Blogging Can Get You Hired
The Wall Street Journal has an article about how blogging can land you a job. April 11, 2007
MySpace Blocks Photobucket Videos and Remixes
Photobucket, a popular image hosting service, has posted a message on its blog that says MySpace is preventing Photobucket users from posting videos and remixes hosted on Photobucket on their MySpace pages. April 11, 2007
Twitterverse Helps Track Twitter Conversations
Ideacodes has announced the launch of their new Twitter mashup tool called Twitterverse. April 10, 2007
Bush Nearly Blows Up Self, Reporters
Ford CEO Alan Mulally really earned his pay: he stopped President Bush from accidentally blowing up himself and a bunch of reporters when he nearly plugged the wrong cord into a hydrogen car. April 9, 2007
Bloggers React to the Blogger's Code of Conduct
The big discussion today in the blogosphere is about a proposed Blogger's Code of Conduct. April 9, 2007
Dewey the Library Cat Gets His Own Memoir
Librarian Vicki Myron has been awarded a $1. April 9, 2007
Quentin Tarantino's Horrifying Weekend
Writer/director Quentin Tarantino had a very bad weekend: Grindhouse absolutely bombed at the box office, making only $11,596,613, and coming in fourth place. April 9, 2007
Classroom Blogs a Hit Among Students
A Vail Daily article says young students in Glenwood Springs are using blogs to become more appreciative of writing and take pride in their work. April 8, 2007
Gadget Lets Boss Spy on You From Afar
A company named HeadThere Inc. April 8, 2007
Mergers & Acquisitions Film Rights Sold
Variety reports that Anonymous Contest has purchased he rights to Dana Vachon's first novel, Mergers & Acquistions for a rumored high six figures. April 7, 2007
Paulina Porizkova Thinks She's Prettier Than You
Former supermodel Paulina Porizkova was the first contestant to be booted off this season's Dancing With the Stars, but she's not sad about it. April 7, 2007
PayPerPost Launches Blogger's Choice Awards
PayPerPost has launched the Blogger's Choice Awards. April 6, 2007
State of the Blogosphere April, 2007
David Sifry, CEO and founder of Technorati, has posted a new State of the Blogosphere report. April 5, 2007
Today Show Launches AllDay Blog
The Today Show has launched AllDay, the official blog of Today, on MSNBC. April 5, 2007
Michael Eisner Company to Acquire Topps?
BusinessWeek reports that former Disney CEO Michael Eisner's investment firm, The Tornante Company, and Madison Dearborn Partners plan to acquire Topps, the makers of baseball cards and Bazooka bubble gum. April 5, 2007
Does Firefox Really Need Social Networking Features?
Startup Meme reports that Mozilla is planning to add social networking features to the Firefox browser called the Coop. April 4, 2007
Good News Holdings Announces Film Plans For Anne Rice's Christ the Lord
Good News Holdings has announced that they are going to start shooting a film based on Anne Rice's novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. April 4, 2007
Librarian Gets Book Deal to Write About Special Library Cat Named Dewey
Librarian Vicki Myron signed a $1.2 million book deal to write about the Spencer Library's famous cat named Dewey. The cat's full name is Dewey Readmore Books. April 4, 2007
Olive Riley Is Blogging at Age 107
ABC Western Queensland has a great story about 107-year-old Olive Riley who is the world's oldest blogger. April 3, 2007

