Even someone like me who blogs on news tidbits is amazed at the speed these days with which chatter by various sources can turn into a full blown news story. Such was the case this afternoon, with two news organizations reporting a possible 1% increase in

WASHINGTON----According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, gay and lesbian adults online are reading more blogs than their heterosexual counterparts. When asked, just over half of the gay and lesbian respondents reported readin

Google the phrase "GOP stunned by loss in Mississippi," then prepare to be stunned. It's probably the most repeated headline in recent political history. It's all over the news and all over the blogs.

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A Conservative Party member running for Parliament has quit his election campaign after posting controversial blogs online, officials say.Kory Teneycke, a spokesman for Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper, said candidate Chris Reid will no longer be opp