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• Key Republicans say don't release bin Laden photo

  Wed May 4, 2011
  • Just because they're not public doesn't mean they can't be shown to key, selected world leaders and media outlets who could then report on what they see... that may be the compromise that's needed. 

• Zeta-Jones may help dispel stigma of bipolar disorder

  Thu Apr 14, 2011
  • What irks me is her friend, who trivialized it all by saying, "She went in for a few days because she's about to start working, and wanted to make sure she's in top form, which she is." Yeah, just in for a little tune-up, everything's FAB-ulous darling!

• Two killed as big aftershock rattles disaster-weary Japan

  Thu Apr 7, 2011
  • It would help provide perspective if the epicenter of the March 11 quake could also be shown on the map.

• Should teachers be allowed to use corporal punishment in the classroom?

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • It's not as black and white as this poll implies, due to varying degrees of application. As it was when I was a student, it was ok.

• If you stay at the Apple store

  Wed Mar 2, 2011
  • Brian, I can't believe no one else has mentioned this, so I'll say it: THANK YOU for calling it exactly the way you see it with regard to the story on the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the so-called Westboro church. (I think Cronkite, Chancellor and Brinkley would be proud.)

• What did you think of the Black Eyed Peas halftime show?

  Sun Feb 6, 2011
  • FYI, Usher did not appear "...with a flank of dancers" - he was flanked by a phalanx of dancers. Phalanx was the word to use.

• Reid to Obama on earmarks: 'Back off'

  Wed Jan 26, 2011
  • Honestly, what kind of a Democrat does Mr. Obama think he is??? Why, the nerve....!!!

• Daley brings business, political acumen to job

  Thu Jan 6, 2011
  • The subheading to the article says, "The banking exec, brother of former Chicago mayor, will replace interim chief of staff Pete Rouse." His brother is not yet the former Chicago mayor, but his father was.

• Depp says Disney hated his Captain Sparrow

  Tue Nov 30, 2010
  • The fact that some of the suits at Disney were initially uncomfortable with Depp's Jack Sparrow is old news. And to say they "hated" him is a bit much.

• TSA chief warns against boycotts at airports

  Mon Nov 22, 2010
  • "Body scans take as little as 10 seconds, but people who decline the process must submit to a full pat-down, which takes much longer. That could cause a cascade of delays at dozens of major airports, including those in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta."