Journalism has needed a global ambassador. Now it has one — Barbie. Yes, Barbie has transformed into a news anchor. For the first time in the doll’s 51-year history, Mattel asked consumers to pick Barbie’s new adventure from five careers – architect, computer engineer, environmentalist, news anchor and surgeon. Forget Barbie designing her own dream [...]
The suddenly famous Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she would “love” to talk about racial issues with President Obama, but she isn’t looking for an apology from him after being unceremoniously booted from a federal job over a misunderstanding about to a speech she gave on race relations. Sherrod was offered a new job with the [...]
A day after stating that the Federal Reserve had no imminent plans to provide additional support to the economy, its chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, emphasized on Thursday that the central bank was prepared to take action if needed, The New York Times’s Sewell Chan reported. “We are ready, and we will act, if the economy [...]
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