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Technology
It's practically a rite of passage to have a roommate -- a slobby college one -- who loves Jenna Jameson. But with the increasing popularity of laptops and handheld devices and the prevalence of wireless Internet access, people are inhaling secondhand smut.
Redskins
It's been that kind of season for the Redskins: Coaching mayhem and heartbreaking play on the field, outrage over ticket policies and banned signs off of it. Fans are at the edge of despair or revolt and have been letting owner Dan Snyder know it. Enter Snyder spokesman Karl Swanson.
Books
The thing about calling Barbara Kingsolver a political novelist is that she really wishes you wouldn't. Both readers and critics have done it for years; it's all wrapped up in the narrative of what it means to be Kingsolver. But it the shoe fits ...
Reliable Source
A heated debate between Time's Joe Klein and the New Republic's Jamie Kirchick spills off the dais into a hallway confrontation where Klein called the younger pundit a "dishonest [expletive]" and a "[expletiving] propagandist."
TV
You know your show is about to be canceled when the network decides it would rather run a second consecutive night of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" than broadcast your fifth episode. Which is to say no one was surprised when ABC put its Kelsey Grammer sitcom "Hank" out of our misery.
Book World
Carl Jung's "Red Book" is certainly one of the most distinctive "gift books" of the upcoming holiday season. With a rich crimson dust jacket, thick cream-colored paper and calligraphied pages, this huge tome is the size of a lectern Bible and looks like the kind of spell book a wizard might consult.
Film
Director and producer Roger Corman, whose 350 movie credits include such low-budget fare as "The Masque of the Red Death" and "X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes," is receiving an honorary Oscar for a lifetime of achievement.
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