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Feb 19 2009 5:20pm EDT

Late Breaks: Katie Couric, Publisher Shuffle, more

-Katie Couric talks to Portfolio's Lloyd Grove (here reporting for The Daily Beast) about scoring the first Sully interview, getting lied to by A-Rod and how her new haircut created an "international incident." [Crain's]

-A Middle Eastern men's magazine called UMen published a satirical article on why women are bad drivers. This would be substantially funnier if women were allowed to drive throughout the Middle East. [Infrastructurist]

-Spending too much time on social networks sites may increase the risk of cancer, heart disease and dementia. Are you paying attention, Jon Fine? [BBC]. □

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