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more about #journalists more comments → JinxyMcDeath: Bill Clinton for President! Wait... more » foodandshoes: I'm a horrible person because despite following this story and being fairly involved in it, the first thing I thought when seeing that photo was "Is s... more » Tranzipan: Thanks, Anna, for posting this link. Lisa and Laura may be in the national spotlight, but to us Sacramentans, they're hometown girls and we care about... more » LolaQuinn is full of beans: I like to imagine that what Bill Clinton is REALLY doing in Korea is donning a mask, cape, tights, and thigh-highs; using toilet plungers to scale the... more » Penny: I honestly can't believe this is still going on either. I saw this morning that Bill Clinton is heading over. Wonder if that will make any differenc... more » morninggloria: "funny lady" who is "by no means intelligent" North Korea is decades behind the West's insult technology. more » NefariousNewt: I wonder how Hillary feels about this? Although, perhaps, this is a case of good cop-bad cop, where she has been the bad cop, and now they send in Bil... more » AthertonMerriweather: Meanwhile, George W. is conquering the new Beatles Rock Band video game. more » dianersb was bit by a zombie: Question (for those better versed than I): Why will Kim Jong Il have to meet with Clinton? more » dreamweave: After reading this article, I am very concerned about Bill Clinton's face. It is a nice face. I pray he can save his face from being lost. more » frankie22: I'm sure Bill will just wink at Kim Jong Il and he'll be so charmed he hands them straight over. more » alouette: The astronaut love triangle sounds like a rip off of The Office. Now, who's stealing from whom, hmm? more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: People need to stop hurting animals. Seriously. There was a story in our local paper on monday: a cat was found outside a library in my county on sund... more » schweppes: I think the monkey thing was (should have been?) more about naming a monkey after a famous person who's last name is unique enough to unequivically t... more » LadyFabulous: I am really disappointed about the ski jumping thing. I thought it would've been so great for the 2010 Olympics to have the first women's ski jumping... more » -
#personalpolitical
Lisa Ling Expresses Fear, Hope For Sister's Release
"The ridiculous optimist in me was hoping they would show leniency and just let the girls go. That obviously wasn't the case. I still can't believe it's going on." — Lisa Ling, on sister Laura's imprisonment in North Korea. [Sactown] -
#axisofevil
President Clinton In N. Korea To Negotiate Journalists' Release
Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea today to negotiate the release of imprisoned American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Some say his visit all but assures their release, while others are more skeptical. More » -
#leftovers
Zoo Renames "Obama" Monkey • Apology Might Secure Journalists' Release
Responding to criticism from the Initiative for Black Germans, the Dresden Zoo has changed the name of one of its baby mandrills from "Obama" to "Okeke" — unfortunately, also a common African surname. • More » -
#goodnews
Detained Journalists Still In Guesthouse, Not Labor Camp
Laura Ling and Euna Lee have not been sent to a North Korean labor camp, as their sentence dictates. Instead, they're being held at a guesthouse in Pyongyang, which may bode well for their early release. [AP, via NYT] -
#girltalk
Is Calling Detained Adult Journalists "Girls" A Calculated Move?
Though Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the American journalists imprisoned in North Korea, are 32 and 36 respectively, Ling's sister Lisa keeps referring to them as "girls" during her media appearances. (Mashup clip at left.) More » -
#axisof
Hillary Clinton Asks North Korea To Deport Ling And Lee
Hillary Clinton has asked North Korea to return imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to the US. Some think clemency is more likely for these Americans than for the North Koreans in the regime's labor camps. [Independent, TimesOnline] -
#axisof
American Journalists Sentenced To 12 Years Hard Labor
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the American journalists accused of entering North Korea, have been sentenced to twelve years of "reform through labor" — but many hope they will be released sooner. More » -
#axisof
Trial Of Laura Ling, Euna Lee Begins In North Korea
The trial of Laura Ling and Seung-Eun (Euna) Lee, American journalists whom North Korea accuses of crossing into its territory, has begun. More » -
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#axisof
North Korea Sets Court Date For U.S. Journalists
Ugh: CNN reports that Current TV journos Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be tried in a North Korean court next month. They are accused of entering the country illegally and intending "hostile acts." [CNN] -
#nancydickerson
Reporting Live
In 1960, Nancy Dickerson became the first female reporter on television. A new book by her son John, On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson gives a pioneer and a complex woman her due. [NPR] -
#clementinepaddleford
Darling Clementine
"Tell me where your grandmother came from and I can tell you how many kinds of pie you serve for Thanksgiving," wrote Clementine Paddleford.
