Mr. Penn, who played Kumar in “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” and starred in “The Namesake,” ended his run on the medical drama “House” as his character, Lawrence Kutner, committed suicide. “House” star Hugh Laurie had hinted at a major shakeup on the show, and Fox created a “memorial” for Dr. Kutner, complete [...]
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Crazy widget. iPhone factoids. Obama’s tech-czar search. Ad agency spats.
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Ira Socol noticed election workers at his polling place in Holland, Mich., Tuesday telling voters the address on their ID card had to match the one on their voter registration. Otherwise, they couldn’t use the voting machines.
The 52-year-old doctoral student believed this discouraged some from his low-income district from voting.
In Birmingham, Ala., Joy Heard, a [...]
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It’s gonna be a big night! For WSJ.com, I talked to people from HuffPo, Politico, LGF, Daily Kos, Townhall, Atlantic Monthly, RedState, Newsmax, Talking Points Memo and Instapundit about their Election Night plans. Check it out: Red Bull, Shift-Blogging and Basement Video Shoots: Politics Sites Prep For Game Day
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On Obama’s text messaging announcement: the fake ones, what it all means, how it actually went.
My post about the fake SMSs got some pickup: see what the L.A. Times, Times of London and National Journal had to say.
On Qwest’s union talks: the lead-up, the late-night update, the results and DNC’s impact.
Last but not least, some [...]
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Episode No. 4 of “The Midwest Teen Sex Show,” a new video podcast, opens with a shot of a young woman holding a crying baby. Nearby, two young boys are noisily scuffling and trading noogies. Looking into the camera, the obviously stressed-out mother of three says nothing, but her expression says: How did I get [...]
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In science-fiction author Cory Doctorow’s short story “Scroogled,” a woman shrugs when she sees “Immigration–Powered by Google” on an airport sign, but that’s just the beginning of the search giant’s presence in a not-too-distant future.
The story, published in Radar Magazine’s latest issue, envisions a world in which Google turns into Big Brother. Customs agents grill [...]
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