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Aug 14 2008 7:38am EDT

Idle Chatter: Tribune, Borders, 'Hole in the Wall'

-Tribune posted a $4.5 billion loss for its most recent quarter -- yeah, that's billion, with a "b" -- but has paid off more than $800 million of its debt. [Reuters]

-Barnes & Noble probably won't buy Borders. [WSJ]

-Women surf the Web. Crazy, right? [NYT]

-There may be a lower common denominator than Fox's Hole in the Wall, but if so, science can't detect it. [Portfolio]

-A former New York Times critic who was busted trying to leave Canada with $12,000 cash in a cigar box says he grabbed the wrong cigar box while packing. [P6]. □

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