More Thursday Update

Today is not a slow news day.

  • It’s a Christmas miracle! Google Chrome, the greatest web browser since Firefox, is officially out of beta. This is especially impressive since GMail is still in beta and probably will be forever. (Slashdot)
  • The epic failure of print media continues! Now, it’s Newsweek that has plans to slash staff, purge pages, and slim subscriptions. Alliteration makes breaking bad news easy and fun! (Wall Street Journal)
  • Sen. Dick Lugar, ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will not ask the committee to call Bill Clinton as a witness at Hillary Clinton’s confirmation hearing for Secretary of State. Too bad, C-Span almost got interesting for a minute. (TPM Election Central)
  • Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky has confirmed that she will run in a special election fill Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. The only problem with her brilliant plan, though, is that a special election hasn’t actually been declared yet, and since any bill to call a special election would have to be signed by Gov. Blagodouche, who knows what could happen? (Huffington Post)

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