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Senate Votes to Withdraw From Iraq

In a stinging blow to President Bush, the Senate voted 50-48 to withdraw from Iraq, pointedly ignoring the president's threats to veto the bill. March 27, 2007

Guardian Says Some People Are Blogging Less

The Guardian has an article that says many people are blogging off and abandoning their blogs or not posting as much as they used to. March 27, 2007

Harlequin's Looking For a Few Good-Looking Men

Book publisher Harlequin is looking for a few good-looking men to grace the covers of its romance novels. March 27, 2007

Blades of Glory Writers Tell All

Brothers Jeff and Craig Cox are the screenwriters for the upcoming Will Ferrell/Jon Heder skating comedy, Blades of Glory. March 27, 2007

Blogger Receives Death Threats

Kathy Sierra, who blogs at Creating Passionate Users, has canceled her appearance and presentations at the eTech conference after receiving death threats. March 26, 2007

YouTube Announces 2006 Video Award Winners

Last week YouTube announced a spur of the moment video awards contest. March 26, 2007

Novak: Bush Out of Touch With His Own Party

Bob Novak writes in The Washington Post that in fifty years, he has never seen a president so out of touch with his own party. March 26, 2007

Twitter Pessimism and Exponential Growth

Twitter may be the talk of Silicon Valley but it isn't without detractors in the mainstream media. March 26, 2007

Warner Books Gets a New Name

Warner Books will soon be no more. March 26, 2007

Educational and Offbeat Podcasts Popular

USA Today has an article about how people are using podcasts to learn more about some very specific topics like "Lectures on Byzantine emperors" and "Five-minute drills on grammar. March 25, 2007

Top Feeds on Feedburner

Frantic Industries has post (no longer available) with the top forty feeds from Feedburner. March 25, 2007

InfoWorld to Shutter Print Edition

Paid Content is reporting that IDG's InfoWorld is shuttering its print edition to focus on its events and website. March 25, 2007

Cigar Magazine Adds Blogs

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School Will Suspend Students That Have a MySpace Profile

The Detroit News is reporting that a Michigan Catholic school called St. March 23, 2007

Hogwarts Express is Vandalized

The Hogwarts Express has been vandalized. March 23, 2007

Nicholl Fellowships Competition Has Begun

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is underway. March 23, 2007

News Corp and NBC Universal Team Up Against YouTube

The L. March 22, 2007

SnipUrl Offers URL Shortening With Tracking Statistics

A lot of people using Twitter are using Tinyurl. March 22, 2007

Twitter Cat Performing Site Maintenance

A cat is busy improving the Twitter. March 21, 2007

Improving Your Rank in Google Blog Search

Google Operating System has a very interesting post about how Google Blog Search ranks search results. March 21, 2007

Who Blogged the Very First Post?

Who blogged the very first post of all-time? Who is the blog father? CNET has an article about the start of blogging that includes an interesting timeline on blogging. March 20, 2007

Senate Passes Bill Revoking Gonzales' Authority to Hire New Prosecutors

Today the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that repealed the portions of the Patriot Act which gave the Attorney General the power to appoint new attorneys general without a confirmation hearing. March 20, 2007

Regan-HarperCollins Settlement Negotiations Break Down

Settlement talks between ousted publishing maven Judith Regan and HarperCollins have ended, according to Radar Online. March 20, 2007

Study Analyzes Search Spam and Blog Farms

A technical paper has proven what most everyone already knew. March 19, 2007

Twitter Pwnd by Its Own Popularity

Twitter was slow earlier today and it now appears to have crashed completely. March 19, 2007