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What we're talking about: Christine O'Donnell's memoir, murder in Disney, Jolie's directorial debut, and a women's bathroom in the house.
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Posted: December 3, 2010 at 10:06 AM
— Christine O'Donnell has announced that she will be writing a memoir [1]. Is this the first candidate's memoir by someone who has never actually been in office? [Gawker [1]]
— Angelina Jolie has been criticized for her Bosnian directorial debut, but Jolie defends [2] her decision. [Reuters [2]]
— A man was found murdered [3] in Celebration, Fla.—a town that is owned and operated by Disney. It is the town's first ever murder and people are worried that it's not the picture perfect place it was anymore. [New York Times [3]]
— Female lawmakers don't have a bathroom on the House floor, but building one [4]could cost $200,000. [Politico [4]]
— NPR aired a story [5] this morning about a man who watched his gay parents and many of their best friends, some of the men who helped raise him, suffer throught the AIDS epidemic. [NPR [5]]
— Are good-looking women really more likely to be turned down from a job because of jealous women [6] in HR? [Daily Mail] [6]
— The names Bristol, Willow, and Piper have had a surge in popularity [7] recently, all thanks to the Palin girls. [Politico [7]]
Links:
[1] http://gawker.com/5704572/christine-odonnell-to-pen-memoir
[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B12A920101203
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/us/03celebration.html?_r=2&hp
[4] http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1210/Womens_bathroom_in_House_200K.html
[5] http://www.npr.org/2010/12/03/131757443/lessons-from-aunties-and-the-aids-epidemic?ft=1&f=1001
[6] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335283/Good-looking-women-likely-turned-job-jealous-HR-staff.html
[7] http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/palin_girls_names_climb_list.html