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Boston Globe journalist Eileen McNamara and novelist Jill McCorkle chatted about their experiences as women writers with about 30 undergraduates at Loker Commons last night...
...Starr out of control? That's the contention of White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, who was called before the special prosecutor's 23-member grand jury Tuesday -- but fought against appearing right down to the last minute. "This subpoena is an assault on the First Amendment," Blumenthal, a former journalist, said Monday night. "I'm incensed, outraged." Not to mention peeved. A petulant Jo Marsh, Blumenthal's attorney, complained that Starr's people had dragged them down to the courthouse, only to keep them cooling their heels while they decided when her client would testify...
...stamps are arranged on two sheets, each depicting one of the first two decades of the 20th century. Among the 15 stamps covering the 1910s, one in particular stands out to me: the first crossword puzzle of 1913. As the Postal Service reports, that puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne, and it appeared in the New York World on Dec. 21 of that year. Now, some 85 years on, the crossword is a daily institution many of us cannot live without...
Photo Finish for Schwarzenegger A judge in Southern California has convicted two photographers, Giles Harrison and Andrew O'Brien, of false imprisonment for briefly pinning Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, journalist Maria Shriver, in their car while taking pictures. One of the men was also convicted of reckless driving during the May 1997 incident. They face up to a year in jail on each count (sentencing is expected next month). Shriver testified Monday that she felt like a "caged animal" when the two photographers surrounded her car and that she became "terrified" after losing sight of her young son Patrick...
Beene has managed to stay in business through the support of intensely devoted clients who care little about looking like someone else. Journalist Amy Fine Collins, Beene's muse, has worn his clothes exclusively for the past 10 years because the design is "so strong, so graphic, so precise." Beene dresses women of means but not, as he puts it, "the bonbon and Pekingese type...