They've created the position of communities editor, to be filled by new media columnist Mathew Ingram, who has been with the site since its inception in 2000.

From The Globe and Mail:

A Quebec Superior Court judge yesterday ordered Globe and Mail reporter Daniel Leblanc to cease reporting on negotiations between Ottawa and a firm targeted by a massive federal lawsuit in the sponsorship program.

In Albany, Ga., a majority-black city, black people who once faced jail, beatings and job loss for demanding the right to vote saw a black man elected to their nation's highest office on Tuesday.