READ ALL ABOUT IT -- BUT WHERE, EXACTLY? / Three books consider the current state of journalism and its future in a ... (San Francisco Chronicle)
What is a person to think when an evening television news piece about the prescription-drug benefits that would become possible under a new Medicare law turns out not to have been produced by journalists? That piece was "reported," in fact, by a Washington,... ...more...Community Calendar June 13, 2007 (San Francisco Bay View)
Speak up for a child in foster care. SF?s foster children need your help. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Men and people of color are especially needed. Training provided. Call for upcoming orientations dates and locations, 415-398-8001. Info at www.sfcasa.org....more... AAN Reveals AltWeekly Awards Judges (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN))
AltWeekly Awards judges don?t have it easy. Now in its 12th year, the awards have grown into 23 categories with two circulation divisions. Papers sent in their brightest entries: 1,490 of them....more... Potomac Confidential (Washington Post)
Potomac Confidential fills the midday lull with discussion by Metro columnist Marc Fisher of the latest news and a rigorous slicing and dicing of the issues that define who we are and where we live. ...more... Science: The Demise of the Woolly Mammoth (Washington Post)
Washington Post staff writer Christopher Lee will discuss his Monday Science Page story, about new theories as to what killed off the woolly mammoths....more... 06-15-07 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
FOXY BROWN HAS PROBATION RESTORED: Manhattan judge renders ruling due to good behavior. *Faced with jail time for violating her probation, rapper Foxy Brown escaped a Paris Hilton-style fate on Thursday after a judge restored her probation in good standing stemming from an assault case....more... Your guide to today, tomorrow and beyond (El Paso Times)
FREE -- Guarache: Guarache will perform at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Arts Festival Plaza as part of the 2007 Al Fresco! Fridays. 541-4481 or www.elpasotexas.gov/mcad....more... Your guide to today, tomorrow and beyond (El Paso Times)
The Red Chord: The Red Chord will perform at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Chic's Bar and Billiards, 9809 Montana. $15. 329-7126. Cultural brew: Far From Stereo will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Union Plaza Park, 117 Anthony, as part of the Union Plaza Summer Cultural Brew. 204-5416....more... 2 Tucson doctors disciplined by state medical board (FOX 11 Tucson)
McCain defends decision to skip Iowa straw poll Republican presidential hopeful John McCain offered no apologies Friday for his decision to skip the Iowa Straw Poll as a man dressed in a chicken suit walked back and forth across the town square, clucking and holding a sign that read "you balked at the straw poll."...more... |