Jon Stewart opened the Daily Show last night by ripping into Apple for its heavy-handed response to the lost iPhone incident. “Look in the mirror,” he says. Apple has become “the man.”
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I was on stage in Calgary last weekend as an audience participant in the local production of the “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” (Spell “caterjunes.”) And, to my surprise, my high school journalism teacher happened to be in the audience.
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The New York Post came out to my apartment for lunch yesterday. They wanted to see what I eat for a feature on the lunchtime habits of “New York’s power players.” They interviewed Tommy Hilfiger and David Letterman - they even found out what Sen. Schumer likes on his “Schumwich.”
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My favorite headline so far today, is from the just-debuted NYC section of the Wall Street Journal. Seems like they’ve been looking to their colleagues at the New York Post for headline inspiration.
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A quick list of stories that caught our attention but didn?t make it on to the Story Stack.
LA TIMES: Songs get a bump in sales after they’ve been on ‘Glee’
USA TODAY: Nancy Drew still has fans after 80 years
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Ram-fighting a popular sport in Nigeria
BOSTON GLOBE: Chocolate binges could be a marker for depression, study says
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Some people like beer. Some like wine. My favorite drink is the Slurpee. Two great things have happened this week: a 7-11 opened within walking distance of my apartment, and an article in the New York Times introduced me to research that the “slushie” has a potential health benefit.
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More...Test vote on finance reform 18 Coal miners’ memorial 15 Tornado in Mississippi 8 Immigration law protest 7
