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  • Did Sarah Palin Use Newsweek for Product Placement? (Accused of crime for wearing gym clothing)

    07/11/2011 3:30:34 PM PDT · by kristinn · 106 replies
    Forbes ^ | Monday, July 11, 2011 | Jeff Bercovici
    Sarah Palin is no fan of the “lamestream media” — except when she’s using it to serve her ends. Is she using Newsweek to get free personal training? And, if so, is that entirely legal? The former Alaska governor appears on the cover of the new issue of Newsweek wearing a gray sweatshirt with a logo on it reading “Edge Fitness.” That’s the name of a gym in Palin’s hometown of Wasilla. Edge Fitness was featured last November in an episode of her TLC show “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” and it also received a plug on a Facebook page Palin apparently...
  • What Will U.S. Do About N. Korea?

    10/18/2002 7:49:10 AM PDT · by anniegetyourgun · 51 replies · 157+ views
    AP ^ | 10/18/02 | PAULINE JELINEK
    WASHINGTON- Over the years, the U.S. government has tried just about everything with North Korea - the threat of war, the cold shoulder, sanctions, lifting sanctions and billions of dollars in aid - to dissuade it from pursuing various arms programs. So what will it do now that the hardline communist regime has admitted to secretly developing nuclear weapons? The possibilities range from diplomatic pressure to more incentives to military action. But the Bush administration was keeping its options open Thursday, revealing little about how it will respond to the unpredictable, longtime adversary. Asked whether the United States might use...