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My Interview With Author Jack Higgins About His Latest Novel, The Wolf At The Door

Tue Feb 9, 2010 6:31 PM EST

As those who read my column have probably noticed I like interviewing authors. My dream job growing up was to either be a famous novelist or work for the Washington Post or New York Times reviewing books.

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entertainment, sbutki-review

Round, and Round We Go

Tue Feb 9, 2010 1:15 PM EST

By thoughtfulruminator

Once again the truth rears its ugly head in the greed and business as usual of Health Insurance Providers tactics. What is it going to take to see our nation needs massive reform of this broken system.

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Saints Super Bowl Ride Gives New Meaning to the Phrase "Fair Weather Fans"

Mon Feb 8, 2010 10:59 AM EST

By Brian Ford

Full disclosure: As an Indiana native, I was rooting for the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLIV. No such luck. Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for outplaying a tough team, and for a well-earned victory.

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katrina, new-orleans, hurricane, saints, colts, hurricane-katrina, indianapolis, us-news, fav, who-dat

iPad multitasking challenge: Why is it--or is it--necessary?

Fri Feb 5, 2010 4:35 PM EST

By Brian Ford

I'm not Steve Jobs, I've never spoken with him and I don't have a tunnel behind my filing cabinet that leads into his brain.

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technology, apple, iphone, ipod, steve-jobs, motorola, android, palm, ipad, pre

Temple Grandin, After Advanced Screening of HBO Movie About Her Life, Speaks About Autism, The Film, Her Books and Feedback

Fri Feb 5, 2010 3:44 PM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

Thursday night I, along with a few hundred other people, had the pleasure of meeting Temple Grandin. I wrote a review of the movie over here. For this piece I am going to take off my advocate for special needs hat and put on my old dusty reporter hat

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My Review of the HBO Movie: Temple Grandin; "Different But Not Less"

Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:59 PM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

My review of this movie is going to be neither lengthy nor deep since I am going to instead link to other reviews.

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entertainment, autism, sbutki-review

An Interview With Jim Walsh About His Book, The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History

Wed Feb 3, 2010 2:12 PM EST

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

This is the first part of a two-part interview. The second part will follow in about one month.

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Reflections of a Newsosaur: Stop the exploitation of journalists

Seeded on Wed Feb 3, 2010 11:02 AM EST ()

Seeded by Scott (Scoop) Butki

excerpt:"It's time for journalists to stop participating in their own exploitation by working for a pittance – or, worse, giving away their valuable services for free.

Killer mall or killer corruption figured in the Ketsana death toll in the Philippines?

Wed Feb 3, 2010 8:18 AM EST

By Jesusa Bernardo

TYPHOON Ondoy (Ketsana) that struck the Philippines' capital region in late September 2009 with the "record amount of rainfall" officially left more than 300 people dead and nearly P9 billion in total damages to agriculture and infrastructure.

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deaths, philippines, typhoon, mall, corruption, news, world-news, dams, conspiracy, filipinos

Military Air Base Granted Authority To Deny Local Citizens Building Permits

Tue Feb 2, 2010 10:31 PM EST

By Casey Jones

Construction of single-family homes near Luke Air Force Base in Glendale Arizona is null and so should any plans you might have to move to this city because you will rights to own property and do with it as you wish as been limited in Arizona after a battle between the state, cou …

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