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Jul 23 2008 4:00pm EDT

Late Breaks: 'The Nation' Takes the Sexy Out of Sex

An F.C.C. vote on whether to approve the merger of Sirius and XM is tied at 2-2, with the deciding vote to be cast by Republican Deborah Taylor Tate. The two votes to approve are from the commission's two other Republicans. [AP]

-Robert Novak, nicknamed the "prince of darkness" even though he's supposed to be a pretty nice guy, hit a pedestrian with his car and didn't realize it. [Politico]

-The Nation is adding a sex column. Judging from the first installment, it will be kind of boring. [Marketwatch]

-Did CBS News give John McCain a mulligan on his Iraq War history? [Huffpo]

-New York Times assistant managing editor has been named the new editor of the International Herald Tribune, or, as they're calling it these days, "the global edition of The New York Times." [IHT]. □


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