My time on the Prairies triggered an ongoing interest in the issue of rural depopulation on the Great Plains. This NYT Magazine article looks at the abandonment of northwestern North Dakota (an area I know reasonably well) and the solution for repopulating it.

The NYT can't get enough of this Page Six Scandal at the New York Post!*

* A freelance reporter for the famed gossip column trying to extort a California billionaire by asking for money in exchange for assurance he would stay out of the column

Sunday's headlines:

Game of gossip is played with favours and tips

Reporter was quick study in art of mingling with the rich and glamourous

A secret tape of secret meetings

'I think I can help him get the situation under control'

Which column is ThisClose to brutal? (April 8)

This NYT article talks about how many online news sites are rethinking how they do their headlines, hoping to catch the algorithmic eye of Google News and other automated aggregators.