Ebert, On the Mend, Gives Thumbs Up to Guest Critics (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Don't get too used to these guest co-hosts because I'll be back in the balcony before you know it," an upbeat Ebert said Monday from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he is reported to be in good condition and getting better each day

Hitchens Piece Misses Point on Plamegate (Eat The Press)
Rachel Sklar: If the outing of Valerie Plame was just the result of an isolated slip of the lip by a non-player removed from the situation, there would have been little for Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate. [Christopher] Hitchens should keep his specious reasoning and deceptive non-logic to himself.

TV Networks Send Anchors to Middle East (AP)
Brian Williams and Charles Gibson have traveled to Israel to anchor their evening newscasts from close to the Mideast violence, television's sign of the importance given to the story. It was Gibson's first such trip since taking over as sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight in May.

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