UPDATE: Full profile online now

On NY1 tonight, we’re debuting Budd Mishkin’s 1 on 1 profile of John Hodgman.  The man who plays the PC in Apple’s Mac commercials describes a curious phenomenon: he’s liked by PC users.

Health bill divides Senate Democrats ? 21

Cost of increasing presence in Afghanistan debated ? 7

Iran holds large-scale war games in Tehran ? 6

I had a moment of panic about a month ago when I realized it had been almost 18 months since my family had flown on one of the airlines that we collect frequent flier points on. The airline was about to take away all of our hard earned miles.

The ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’ will end its 25-year run in 2011 - 25

Doctors recommend fewer Paps for women in their 20s - 11

Senate to vote on first round of health care bill this weekend - 9

David Letterman decided to have some fun at the expense of NY1.  Our man-on-the-street Roger Clark and I were the subjects of his “Local News Reporting of the Night” segment. That’s not, generally, a good thing.

Really?  An article in the New Yorker this week asks if the popularity of poutine has risen to the point that it’s become “Canada’s national dish?”

Our daily roundup of the nation’s top 30 newspapers found 24 front-page mentions of the Senate’s new $849 billion health care bill.

News of the Pat’s Papers Pop Culture trivia game was picked up by media and game show news writers.

The new recommendations for women under 50 and mammograms were still making headlines this morning, with 12 papers putting the story on their front pages.