The Montana Standard and its parent company, Lee Enterprises Inc., were ordered to pay almost $142,000 to a former employee who was fired because she was pregnant, according to a state Department of Labor and Industry decision. ODDS & ENDS • Farecast could be pretty cool, if it really works. • The Internet has drastically [...]

First, an idea for a Mother’s Day column. As I was out running errands, hearing moms dispense “advice,” I occurred to me that would be a fun column. Don’t ask moms for advice, just eavesdrop. Among the gems today: “No, you shouldn’t wear red to a wedding. You don’t want to look like a whore.” [...]

Newsday designer John Smith offers six tips to turn around Tribune Co. I have a few problems with No. 6, streamlining the company and creating The National Tribune. But I wholeheartedly agree with his outlook on the Web. Why can’t newspapers understand that the print edition can no longer be the first (and often only) [...]

ODDS & ENDS • TurboTax sponsored a rap contest, and they’ve actually had a few entries. Even a few good entries. • There are strange experiments in journalism, including a guest editor at the Los Angeles Times. • Some students at Grinnell University have been receiving anonymous threatening letters for several years. One recipient was [...]

How could you live with a roommate for weeks and not know they were dead? Good question. Evidently the roommate was keeping the body around to try to get money from the dead girl’s family. Classy. Your godson posted a NEW video! Finally. Kevin is, of course, talking about William Sledd and his new site, [...]