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I am a staff writer with CTV.ca News. That operation is part of CTV News, which is of course nestled into CTV Inc. and CTVglobemedia.

I don't speak for my employer on this blog. I don't comment about the internal affairs of my employer.

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View Article  Getting started in blogging - a U.S. guide for journos

Sreenath Sreenivasan, a Columbia j-school prof, has a page for a seminar he teaches called Figuring Out Blogs and Whatever's Next. Check it out.

If you have any tips for developing a Canadianized list, either leave a comment or email me at blog-dot-billd at gmail-dot-com

View Article  Decent BBC features on Iran

Would an attack on Iran be legal?

Paul Reynolds examines the grounds required for one state attacking another.

Former Iran captive counsels caution

Richard Morefield tells his fellow Americans to look beyond the images of Iran that might have been formed in their minds when he was one of 52 people taken captive in 1979.

View Article  'Fat Man Walking' ends his journey of self-discovery

Steve Vaught, a morbidly obese California man who decided to walk across America to figure out a few things and lose some weight, arrived in New York City about 45 kilograms lighter and a lot wiser about himself.

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View Article  'Two Parts Vodka, a Twist of Science'

This NYT story looks at the bleeding edge of bartending.

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View Article  'A Chill Is in the Air for Sellers'

Planning on making a killing in the real estate market? For some U.S. homeowners, that train has left the station, and many are finding they aren't making the big bucks they'd planned on.

To which I would add: Boo-hoo. :)

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View Article  Dubya's poll ratings continue to tank

The bad news is only 31 per cent of respondents to the NYT/CBS News poll approve of the job Dubya is doing. But that's not bad, considering only 13 per cent approve of how he's ...   more »

View Article  'Overthrow: America's century of regime change'

Former NYT foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer talks to Democracy Now! about his new book Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq.

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