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Aug 26 2008 8:49am EDT

Idle Chatter: Martha's Lightning Problem, more

-U.S. News & World Report is rejiggering its academic rankings formula to keep law schools from gaming the system. [WSJ]

-Nature is out to get Martha Stewart. [P6]

-Warner Bros. has filed suit to block distribution of an English movie called Hari Puttar, even though it's not about a boy wizard. [AP]

-Hallmark magazine appears to be thriving. [NYT]

-Research that's too good to believe: Young women in Britain are leaving the Anglican Church and taking up Wicca because of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. [NYP]. □


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