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Soflo: LOLCAT GUN -

New Police Chief's wife shot
off a few bullets in his vicinity.

"It was unclear why Eleanor Adderley
may have been texting her
husband if he was home in bed."

Unclear???

:: Miami Herald ::

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SoFlo: POSSIBLE ROPE BURNS -

Police Officer Michael Verdugo has been put on paid leave, pending the outcome of an Internal Affairs investigation into whether he appeared in a 1996 gay bondage video.

His lawyer Alberto Milian said:

"Verdugo has been
'unfairly scrutinized' because he is gay."

:: Miami Herald ::

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SoFlo: BLAWG COMMENTS CASE -

Have I been MIA for the last couple of days?

No, not really. I was busy studying the legal briefs filed for the Sean Conway Case. The first two loaded OK Wed evening, but the third was balky, so I had to read it Thurs afternoon.

They are in PDF format:

:: JAABLOG link entry ::

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BARRY BLITT'S "OBAMA" -

An eye-catching cover raises a ruckus . . .

"How did we arrive at the point where a simple wisecrack like Blitt's causes such a hullabaloo? ... Shall we don blinders and erect barriers so nobody is offended or misled?"

:: Jack Shafer ::
-- Slate --

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A WHIFF OF CONSPIRACIES -

"Embrace a conspiracy theory and suddenly you're part of a gang sharing privileged information; your sense of power and dignity rises a smidgen and this troublesome world makes more sense, for a time."

:: Charlie Brooker ::
-- Guardian CIF --

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PK: CARTOON & HANGU (4#) -

Threats from extremists over a controversial cartoon have been received by an Urdu newspaper called Aaj Kal which have provoked widespread protest and condemnation among Pakistanis:

"The cartoon published in Aajkal showed the leader of the partisans, Umme Hassaan, in a burka teaching her burka-clad students the radical political philosophy of the group."

Meanwhile, trouble with militant insurgents has moved on to Hangu District where they just blew up the Fort there after looting its arms and ammunition.

:: Dawn :: .....and..... :: DTimes ::

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Bookish: MEMORIES & MYSTERIES (#9) -

# NPR's Crime in the City series this time features Eastport, Maine, and the writing of Sarah Graves. NPR has expanded its Books section. There are many articles to browse there now.

This seems to have been the weekend for Memoirs . . .

# Life in a Nottinghamshire manor house.
..... Thrumpton Hall by Miranda Seymour;
..... Rave Review by Martin Rubin at the LAT.

# A German family in London exile
during WWII, and their relations with
their Jewish maid during and after the war.
..... Journey to Nowhere by Eva Figes;
..... Reviewed by Anne Karpf.

# From the British Publishing Industry comes:
..... Grub Street Irregular by Jeremy Lewis;
..... Reviewed by Philip French.

# A Cornish childhood between the wars:
..... The Great Western Beach by Emma Smith;
..... Reviewed by Lynne Truss.

# Way With Words 2008 Literary Festival.

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# From the fictional annals of the Peculiar Crimes Unit series, several women have been killed in crowded pubs. The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler reviewed by Susanna Yager. And she also reviews A Death in Tuscany by Michele Giuttari.

# Marcel Berlins reviews the new Laura Lippman, the latest Robert Crais, and much more about Michele Guitarri: a real cop in real life and the head of a "Flying Squad," now moonlighting as a Mystery writer.

# Jake Kerridge reviews some Crime Detection fiction which have been translated into English, including: Havana Gold by Leonardo Padura tr by Peter Bush and The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel tr by Anthea Bell.

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SoFlo: NEWSPAPER VOX POP -

Edward Schumacher-Matos, the Miami Herald Ombudsman, published some reader responses yesterday about what kind of content they want.

Something valuable to keep in mind: for many years the American Newspaper Industry scapegoated TV News for their problems. But today they have TV News "partners." In other words, they finally accepted that TV is here to stay and they learned to live with it. We are now seeing them do the same thing all over again with the Internet.

Are American newspapers going to die? No, I don't think so. They are currently undergoing some transformative change in order to adapt to contemporary conditions.

I anticipate that one likely outcome for many will be publishing on paper two or three times around the weekend and then updating the rest of the week on the Internet.

In some areas of the U.S. there are very strict recycling protocols. Recycling paper is mandatory, and failure to comply can result in stiff fines and/or other penalties.

:: Miami Herald ::

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