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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- USA Today, the nation's second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its newroom staff in its almost 30-year history in an effort deliver stories more quickly to mobile devices and produce more coverage likely to sell advertising. The makeover outlined Thursday will result in about 130 layoffs this fall, USA Today Publisher Dave Hunke told The Associated Press. That translates into a 9 percent reduction in USA Today's work force of 1,500 employees. He did not give a breakdown by departments for the layoffs.

"If Walter Cronkite was around today," USA Today founder Al Neuharth proclaimed in a speech in South Dakota last week, "I think John Kerry would be President" because of "the trust the people in Middle America had in Cronkite, when he returned from Vietnam opposed to the war, public opposition soon followed." As recounted by the Daily Republic in Mitchell, South Dakota, in addition to boasting of the influence of Cronkite's bias, Neuharth "said he thought if McGovern had won the presidency in 1972, U.S. troops would have pulled out from Vietnam a lot sooner with a lot fewer casualties,...

Michelle Malkin has a new column out, and it's linked through the NRA's home page, under "More NRA News & Information..." It's a good read, and even worth going through all this trouble to get. The opening line sets the tone for the article, and grabs your attention "I am what this year's election pollsters call a "security mom." I'm married with two young children. I own a gun. And I vote." and follows later with the heart of the piece, discussing her real concern: "Security moms will never forget that toddlers and schoolchildren were incinerated in the hijacked planes...