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God: Skip Seconds This Thanksgiving?

Christine Whelan | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, University of Iowa, USA Today, Thanksgiving, Fat, Weight Loss, God, Diet, Thanksgiving Commentary, Faith, Family, Living News
Christine Whelan

Previously the realm of fundamentalists, bringing a higher power into dieting has gone mainstream. Today, it's not only Christians who see fat as a spiritual issue.

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Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: USA Today, Robert Reich, Economic Crisis, Economy, Constellation Energy, Boeing, David Brooks, Judge Judy, New Yrok Times, PBS "Washington Week", Timothy Geithner, Corporate Power, Mark Weisbrot, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, National Mining Association, Ideology, Politics News
Norman Solomon

On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic adviser...

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Layoffs Hit USA Today, Paper Seeks Volunteers

Poynter.org | Jim Romenesko | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

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Memo sent to USA Today staffers on Nov. 23 To: The newsroom staff From: Ken Paulson and John Hillkirk The current economic crisis has taken it...

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Threats of Violence Persist Against Civil Rights Leaders

Kety Esquivel | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Race Relations, Obama, Hispanics, Race, Latino Voters, Triangle Community Foundation, E-Mail, Hate Speech, Tony Asion, Immigration Debate, North Carolina, Latinos, Latino Vote, Andrea BazáN, Rule of Law, Immigration Reform, Racial Epithet, Massachussetes, USA Today, El Pueblo, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, FBI and Immigration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Hispanic Voters, National Council of La Raza, Lulac, Immigration Policy, MALDEF, Home News
Kety Esquivel

Even as the country was celebrating its extraordinary milestone of electing the first African American President, The Washington Post published a sobe...

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USA Today's Presidential Poll Tracker

USA Today | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, USA Today, Presidential Polls, Polling, Politics News

USA Today has a great presidential polling tracker that's also extremely popular. ...

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The Denver Media Migraine

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Denver Convention, USA Today, Chris Mattews, Bill Keller, Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, Ted Koppel, Jack Shafer, Keith Olbermann, Jill Abramson, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Fifteen thousand journalists in Denver and they couldn't even report what actually happened there. Instead, they invented a storyline of their liking....

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USA Today Ditches Plan To Have Moore, Coulter Cover Conventions

Editor and Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Ann Coulter, Bob Beckel, USA Today, Michael Moore, Cal Thomas, Democratic Convention, Media News

Four years after its plan to use outspoken commentators Michael Moore and Ann Coulter to write about life at the presidential conventions misfired, US...

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Survive Recession

Grant Cardone | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Debt Solutions, Banks, Economy, Subprime, Debt, Budget Deficit, Obama, Mccain, Cardone, Recession, Msnbc, USA Today, Paulson, The Fed, Debt Problems, Selling the Secret to Success, Finance Solutions, Business News
Grant Cardone

No matter how much cash the business or individual has, sooner or later you have to get your products and services funded by others through selling or you will burn through your cash

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Seth Colter Walls

Gallup's "Likely Voters" Poll: A Snapshot Or A Hypothesis?

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, John McCain, USA Today, Superdelegates Barack Obama, Gallup, Likely Voters, Politics News

Over at USA Today's "On Politics" blog, stories about polls come stamped with the following disclaimer: "WARNING! Polls are snapshots of public opinio...

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McCain Out Of Sync On Gay Marriage

Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home

Read More: LA Times, USA Today, John McCain, California, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Ballot Initiative, November Election, Scott Tucker, James Vaughn, Los Angeles Times, Human Rights Campaign, Gallup, Log Cabin Republicans, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Obama Gay, Mccain Civil Unions, Obama Gay Issues, McCain Marriage, Civil Unions, McCain Gay Marriage, Obama Marriage Issue, McCain Gay Issues, Obama Marriage, Home News
Ryan Rivera

With a new poll finding 63 percent of Americans see gay marriage as a "strictly private" decision out of bounds for government regulation, John McCain's recently reiterated position that marriage should be between one man and one woman puts him in the minority.

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Full-Page "Women Count" Ad for Hillary Excludes 28 Million Women

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Law, Single Men, Children, Single Mothers, Matrimania, Fox, Media, Scholarship, Singles, Federal Funding, Marriage, Singlism, Los Angeles Times, Social Movements, Demographics, Single Women, Voting, Second-Wave Feminism, Abc, Women, Work Life Balance, Political Ads, Feminism, USA Today, Advertising, WomenCount PAC, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Academia, 2008 Presidential Candidates, Higher Education, Widows, Media News
Bella DePaulo

The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?

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Is Coverage of Arabs, Islam Good? Western Media Under Scrutiny

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

While media in the Muslim and Arab worlds have opposed the war in Iraq and in other Muslim countries, their reports and editorial lines can hardly be viewed as monolithic.

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Lorrie Lynch, Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person" Columnist, Hits Back Calling Him A Hypocrite

Huffington Post | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

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The New York Post's Page Six reports that USA Today columnist Lorrie Lynch, who Keith Olbermann recently named one of his "Worst Persons in the World"...

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The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, USA Today, John Edwards, Black Belt, Hurricane Katrina, Watergate, New Orleans Leak, When the Levees Broke, Levees, George Stephanopoulos, ABC Debate, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bittergate, Harry Shearer, Bitter, MoveOn.Org, Home News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

The scandal this time is that there's no scandal. The leak John McCain should be addressing in New Orleans is the one at the 17th Street Canal Floodwall, the same one that was leaking before Katrina.

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When Every Day is Take-Your-Kid-To-Work Day

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: USA Today, Parenting, Babies, Working Mothers, Children, Childcare, Work/Life Balance, Babies at Work, Work Life Balance, Morale, Morale at Work, Business News
Laura Vanderkam

I suspect that taking advantage of babies-at-work policies can actually make life harder on parents, which is probably not what anyone intended.

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Poll: 3 In 4 Americans Say We're In A Recession

USA Today | Richard Wolf | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession Fears, U.S. Economy, Federal Reserve, Recession Poll, Recession, USA Today, Business News

More than three in four Americans think the country is in a recession, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll over the weekend shows, reflecting a crisis of confiden...

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LA Times Editorial Defends Reporters' First Amendment Rights

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

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Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy is being held in contempt of court by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton for refusing to identify the law enforc...

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Journalist's Contempt Charge Unsettles Fellow Reporters

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 03.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Toni Locy, Contempt Charges, Toni Locy Contempt Charges, USA Today, Anthrax Case Journalists, Media News

WASHINGTON — A judge is trying to bankrupt an ex-reporter with daily fines as much as $5,000 for refusing to disclose her sources for stories ab...

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Bloggers Go To Bat For Obama

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Blogs, USA Today, National Public Radio, Breaking Campaign News, Fire Dog Lake, AOL News, Associated Press, Fox News, Nedra Pickler, Barack Obama, Jane Hamser, Breaking Media News, Daily Kos, Americablog, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Nearly 15,000 protest letters sent in just a matter of days in response to a single AP news article? That could mark the dawn of a new era in progressive media activism.

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Winning in the Workplace

Candy Spelling | Posted 02.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Ageism, Labor, USA Today, Businessweek, Baby Boomers, Older Workers., Retirement, Living News
Candy Spelling

Now we have states and offspring with growing businesses actively recruiting seasoned boomers to enhance, improve and run businesses.

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Reporter Held In Contempt In Anthrax Case

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media

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A federal judge found a former reporter for USA Today in contempt of court on Tuesday for refusing to name her confidential sources who had discussed ...

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USA Today In Consummate Media Fashion Gets it Wrong on Gas Prices

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 02.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Bloomberg, Energy Information Administration, USA Today, Opec, Depatment of Energy, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Oil Prices, New York Times, Media News
Raymond J. Learsy

Market forces are no longer the sole price determinants, even though that is what the oil industry and this administration's Department of Energy would want us to believe.

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A Policy Unbecoming

Bruce Kluger | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Will & Grace, Policy, Ellen, brucekluger.com, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics, Homosexuality, USA Today, Military, 2008, The L Word, Tv, February 6, Discrimination, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Gays, U.S. Army, Showtime, Ilene Chaiken, Bruce Kluger, Politics News
Bruce Kluger

In the 15 years since Bill Clinton approved the provocative "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" plan, the social stigma often tagged to homosexuality has, in many cases, dropped away like molting feathers.

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Woe Is Newspapers: Even USA Today Axing Jobs

Silicon Valley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 11.16.2007 | Business

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Gannett's flagship publication USA Today is eliminating 45 newsroom jobs, a 9% editorial headcount cut, to offset declining revenue. USA Today is the ...

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Newspapers Seek Salvation In Supplements

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 09.17.2007 | Media

Read More: USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Newspaper Supplements, Pursuits Magazine, Media News

The magazine business is not a terribly happy place at the moment, but you wouldn't guess that from the way newspaper publishers are tripping over eac...

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