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The normally closed Supreme Court opened a crack last week, as Clarence Thomas defended the 5-4 decision clearing away limits on corporate spending to influence elections. "If 10 of you got together and decided to speak, just as a group," he said, "you'd say you have First Amendment rights to speak and the First Amendment ...

Chanel: This legacy fashion house is expert at staying relevant. Chanel was one of the first fashion houses to podcast shows -- and the shows are amazing! The Chanel App features runway video, looks & accessories and Chanel News: always interesting, varied and rooted in history. The App also features behind the scenes looks at ...

On Friday, Slate Magazine posted a list of the 60 largest charitable contributions of 2009, and profiled the people who gave big. We've compiled the top 12 givers for you to scan through. Or you can read the complete list. More on Michael Bloomberg ...

As a member of the Harvard Class of 1968, I approached my 25th Reunion in 1993 with some misgivings over the honoring of Colin Powell. Echoes of distaste for the Shah of Iran's presence at my own Commencement reinforced my current views on militarism in general, and Pentagon homophobia in particular. Little did I anticipate ...

It seems like more of the same- or worse- at the Academy Awards this season. With Oscars coverage continuing its five year-plus struggle with uneven formats, rotating guest-hosts, and sheer over-length, what does the Academy decide to do? Add, not subtract, of course: double the number of hosts for the broadcast (Alec Baldwin and Steve ...

Apple has spent years fine-tuning its incredible reputation for secrecy - doing everything from investigating its own employees when information is leaked to the media to silencing teenage bloggers who appear to know too much. The latest individual on the receiving end of the company's appears to be Alan Murray, a senior Wall Street Journal executive ...

As TV Tunes Out, There Still Isn't Much Good News In The Bad News As predicted and feared, the media coverage from Haiti has shrunk at the very time that people there are facing their most serious challenges -- how to survive the aftermath of a disaster which has become a permanent feature of their environment. It's ...

The concept of Open Educational Resources (OERs) isn't new: we pass on to our kids what we learned from our parents or favorite teachers. Today, we are in a new world when it comes to the Internet and the ease of sharing information to help people learn. I love OERs because they are going to ...

In what may be the ultimate miracle rescue, CNN is reporting that a man was pulled alive from the rubble in Port au Prince, Haiti today, four weeks after the earthquake devastated the city. It was not clear whether the man had been trapped since the initial quake. CNN's Sanjay Gupta reported that the man, ...

Mayor Daley today transferred control over city hiring from his $4 million-a-year Office of Compliance to the inspector general and dropped a political bombshell on the City Council by proposing that the inspector general be given the power to investigate aldermen.