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HP Scandal: Same as Plame? (Slate)
Jack Shafer: It's the Valerie Plame case all over again. Stepping off this Mobius strip, you notice that the press seems a thousand times more interested in the investigators who deceitfully obtained confidential phone records than they are about a board member who violated his confidential oath to feed the press. AP via Buffalo News: Charges possible in HP scandal.

Gordon Paris to Exit as CEO of Sun-Times (WSJ)
After receiving a salary of $2.8 million in 2004, Mr. Paris became the target of shareholder criticism and saw his pay package reduced last year. But shareholders also complained that the company wasn't progressing quickly enough to settle litigation, resolve tax problems and improve newspapers' financial performance.

J.K. Rowling's Brush With Airport Security (GalleyCat)
Rowling got on the plane at JFK carrying the rubber-band-bound manuscript of the seventh novel in the Harry Potter series despite new security restrictions. But was she stopped, or not?

LAT's Scriptland: Just a Terrible Idea (LA Weekly)
Nikki Finke: This may be the single worst idea in the history of the Los Angeles Times' Calendar section. It's certainly the single worst execution. I'm talking about the just launched "Scriptland" once-a-week column purporting to be "a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters." FBLA: We disagree. That said, it needs a rewrite.

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