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Have you heard the one about the writers’ strike?
Jokes in short supply as talk show hosts return.
5 New TV Shows Coming in 2008
HBO’s True Blood — “Based on the “Southern Vampire” book series, the show, set around a Louisiana roadhouse, follows the adventures of vampires who, thanks to advances in the manufacture of synthetic blood, no longer have to bite necks to survive.”
World Politics and Facebook
Online support grows for ‘hot’ Bhutto son “The Oxford undergraduate, who attended his mother Benazir Bhutto’s funeral last Friday, reveals a few things about himself on his own Facebook site, describing his political views as “liberal”. “Bilawal, who is due to return to his studies in Oxford this month, lists …
Cold(er) Case
Students to Reopen Chandra Levy Case Criminal justice students at a Georgia college are preparing to undertake their own investigation of the 2001 slaying in Washington of Chandra Levy, the Modesto resident whose death tainted a congressman’s career.
Silver Tsunami
In 2008, the first wave of a generation 78 million strong will hit the Social Security system
Odds against Brady and Patriots?
The quarterback with the most passing yards has never won the Super Bowl that season. (Scroll down for graph) Seriously from 1966 to now, it has never happened.
DC’s social scene shifting?
Georgetown’s fading glimmer “Marginalized socially in the Bush years, and unlikely to recover its status in the administration that will follow, what has historically been Washington’s most rarefied and influential neighborhood is now confronted with a new and awkward question: Does Georgetown matter? “The answer is: not nearly as much …
A “surge” of overused words and phrases formed a “perfect storm” of “post-9/11” cliches in 2007
Wordsmiths, avoid these words…