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Smiley on Dubya

If you hate Bush, you’ll love this. If you love Bush, you’ll hateit. And if you used to love Bush, but have recently come to the conclusion that he may not be everything you’d thought or hoped he was, it’s going to make you a little uncomfortable. Heck, it may make you downright mad. In any case, Jane Smiley’s recent

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And that’s the way it is…

Couric move all but certain Updated 4/4/2006 12:37 AM By Peter Johnson, USA TODAY One of the longest guessing games in TV news — whether NBC Today star Katie Couric will leave to join The CBS Evening News as the first solo female network news anchor — appears to have been resolved. Couric and CBS have tentatively reached a deal

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And the bear thought being killed and turned into a rug was the worst thing that could happen…

I’m grateful for the press sometimes. For example, without them, I wouldn’t even know that there was this new sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth. I wouldn’t know it was controversial. And I wouldn’t know that the reason it was controversial was because it’s a pro-life commentary of some sort. Thank the gods for that last part, too, because if

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$M donation to fund “responsible business”

Million-dollar donation to Babcock funds ‘responsible business’ programming Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management alumnus Thomas Dingledine has donated $1 million to the school to establish the “Fund for Responsible Business.” The endowed gift will help faculty members create class content and learning opportunities for students in the areas of ethical, social and environmental responsibility. Dingledine also pledged

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