In dissection protest, teen's name is now Cutout Dissection.com

"ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) -- You can call her Cutout Dissection.com, or Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer. The former Jennifer Thornburg -- whose driver's license now reads Dissection.com, Cutout -- wanted to do something to protest animal dissections...

Oh Cut it Out!!

"Teen changes her name to CutoutDissection.com""ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A 19-year-old Asheville teenager said she legally changed her name to CutoutDissection.com to protest animal dissections in schools.The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Asheville High graduate Jennifer...

"Daily Show" Fans Well-Informed

According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, fans of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are well-versed in current events even before tuning in to the popular news-based comedy program."The Project for...

Gov Jindal: National Guard to Stay in New Orleans till end of Year

Did you know the Louisiana National Guard still patrols in New Orleans three years after Katrina? "by The Times-Picayune Thursday June 19, 2008, 8:11 AM Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to make an announcement today about whether or not the National Guard will remain in New...

Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions

""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined...

Spike Lee To Direct Crowdsourced Mobile Phone Movie

Spike Lee meets Nokia in the latest artist/brand partnership to promote a fascinating fusion of technology, entertainment, and user-generated, crowdsourced content.It's interesting to note that Nokia is taking...

"G.I. Joe" Movie Gets More Cast Members

I've got to say, considering how well Transformers turned out, I can't wait for this movie to come out. "The "G.I. Joe" brigade is growing larger. Rachel Nichols ("P2"), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Lost") and Said...

New York's transit 'bloat' woes

With transit hikes set to roll out this week, New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is facing increased media and public scrutiny on its spending habits. Today the New York Daily News released a...

Elian Part 2: A Miami Soap Opera

All that is missing from this one is the Clinton - Reno Jack booted swat team to storm Little Havana guns drawn and send this child to the Island paradise so she can become a good Communist child of Fidel."The...

Risky News: War zone journalists

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThey say Soldiers in War Zones risk their lives as their duty to save others and effect change.Citizens in War Zones risk their lives because they have no place to go....

I didn't shoot up my school, either

Picture this: You are a high school senior in the United States. You have just witnessed the most horrendous school shooting in your country's history play itself out over and over again in the media. You are...

All the World’s a Story: Wired 'Borrows' a Few Ideas from NowPublic

The New York Times is reporting today on a recently announced partnership between Wired Magazine and NewAssignment.net to create the citizen-driven, or ‘pro-am’, journalism news site AssignmentZero....

LA Teen Changing the World

"In the past two years, 16 year old Rosetta Ragusa has raised almost $4,000 for SOS Children's Villages - USA. Ragusa spends many weekends outside her local grocery store in La Crescenta, California collecting...

Collaborative journalism via NowPublic

"Once logged in, you can either request photos to go with a story that you're interested in, add photos to a story someone else has uploaded as an assignment, or just browse the news. Assignments are as diverse as a multi-car pile up or U2 playing a surprise gig at Brooklyn...

Now Public Assignment: The Great TreeHugger Writer Hunt

"TreeHugger is looking for new correspondents from around the globe to increase the breadth and depth of our coverage and thus better serve our readers (you!) and the environment. First and foremost, we are...

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