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Apr 08 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Facebook Feud Finds Finale, more

-Facebook is set to settle that pesky lawsuit accusing Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the idea for the site from Harvard classmates. [NYT]

-New York Times executive editor Bill Keller still has fewer Pulitzers to his credit than his predecessor, Howell Raines, despite having the job more than twice as long. [Media Mob]

-The Economist is partnering up with the Second City improv troupe and getting into the comedy business. [Art of Satire via Gawker]

-A British jury has declared paparazzi partly to blame for the death of Princess Diana. You, her adoring public, are wholly innocent, however. [NYP]

-We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're No. 1! Eat dirt, Aromatherapy Thymes! [Mr. Magazine]. □

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