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  1. Gay British soldier fighting in Afghanistan says he's gotten "nothing but harmless banter" from his comrades: http://bit.ly/7OHFmQ
  2. Louisiana is the "happiest" state. New York is the most miserable with Calif at #46: http://bit.ly/87LViE
  3. Sign of the Times: Salvation Army bell ringers now take credit cards.
  4. Chris Matthews just now: "Well, I'm a liberal too." Is this the first time he's admitted it?
  5. In NYT article re Tiger & Accenture: he "wasn't a metaphor for high performance anymore." Some irony there.
  6. What about Tiger Woods made him a good rep for Accenture, a corporate consulting firm?
  7. Senate Banking Committee votes 16-7 to recommend Ben Bernanke/Time's person of the year to a second term as Fed chairman.
  8. GOP web video goes after Sen Jim Webb for 'flip-flop' on healthcare http://bit.ly/5qfani
  9. BlackBerry Blackout: Research in Motion says private email service is out for people in North and South America.
  10. From a NYT article Wed: "many Goldman employees are stunned by the public resentment directed at the bank in general..." Really, no idea?
  11. RT: @michaelluo: How marketable of a skill is gorgeous writing? The answer is probably not very these days. And that really, really depr ...
  12. 15,000 newspaper jobs lost in 2009. Shouldn't that be on the brochure for J-Schools? http://bit.ly/6heCSI
  13. Obama nominates Gwendolyn Boyd to Board of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Boyd is Asst 2 Chief of Staff @JohnsHopkins Applied Physics Lab
  14. Tourists manage to get themselves into an invitation-only breakfast at the White House with President and Mrs. Obama http://bit.ly/6udYAy
  15. UK Chancellor refuses to compromise on 50% tax on banker bonuses despite threats from banks to move key staff out of the UK.
  16. There's something troubling when Ashley Dupre is getting a writing job at the NY Post, the same time the NYT is cutting 100 jobs.
  17. The "we-can't-hire-ppl-w/o-offering-bonuses" believers will love this: BofA struggling w/ pay issues in hiring new CEO http://bit.ly/6QMHjn
  18. Do pay walls work? In November, NYT website (#1) gets 16.6m unique visitors, WaPo (#2) gets 11.3m while WSJ (#6) gets 7.8m.
  19. Not sure why the NYT considers this news worthy of a "breaking news" email: "Notre Dame Hires Brian Kelly as New Coach"
  20. Obama: "We can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace."