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  1. NYT Standards editor slams use of "bollix" as "earthy" slang. Maybe he's confusing it with "bollocks." http://bit.ly/88P8J1
  2. Back by popular demand: the NYT's Worst Lede of the Day! Today's prize goes to... http://bit.ly/6LOEHU
  3. In today's NYT, an increasingly rare sighting: a brand-new byline on a sparkling metro feature. http://bit.ly/8XBBT3
  4. In her NYT debut, Liz Leyden offers a sparkling refresher in a fast-fading art form: the metro feature. http://bit.ly/8XBBT3
  5. Bitter about lack of state dinner invite? Dowd's column rips Obama for lack of loyalty to friends, allies. http://bit.ly/5bRrh0
  6. NYT Standards editor bans "grouse" as a verb, calling it "colloquial." Much grousing ensues.
  7. Could Asperger's cause a kid to ride the subways alone for 11 days? For page one, an expert might have been helpful.
  8. Our NYT iPhone app isn't working. All right, guys. This is getting personal.
  9. David Carr tweets that Oprah Winfrey "liked what I wrote" about her today. Should reporters beam when subjects praise them?
  10. NYT freelancer writes in "T" section about restaurant owned by her boyfriend -- an accused fetus killer. http://bit.ly/889hrZ
  11. NYT's Dan Barry delivers yet another old story --"unsolved crime playing cards" -- from newspapers, TV. http://bit.ly/2ppeZL
  12. NYT's "douche" move: page-one trend story based on arch-conservative Parents Television Council numbers. http://bit.ly/3lRuHz
  13. NYT tech columnist David Pogue gets new title. From now on, please refer to as "New York Times visionary." http://bit.ly/1fAvo6
  14. One NYT article we'll never finish reading is Lynn Hirschberg's profile of Megan Fox, which begins: "Megan Fox is a fox."
  15. NYT's Bill Keller blasts "armchair experts" again. This time, Keller forgets HE was the armchair expert. http://bit.ly/U5n2K
  16. Did NYT's unusual, restrictive new advertising scheme help force closing of "Brighton Beach Memoirs"? http://bit.ly/2dEiLv
  17. The NYTPicker turns one today!
  18. EXCLUSIVE: Turns Out NYT's Park Slope obsession easily explained. It's home of NYT Metro editor Joe Sexton! http://bit.ly/lf711
  19. Stylish NYT page-one election story only quotes Brooklyn web developer, designer, filmmaker and professor. http://bit.ly/1nEL9J
  20. Metaphor That Block! Andy Newman piece an early favorite for NYTPicker's "Worst NYT Story of 2009" Award. http://bit.ly/4gXX1H