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An e-mail read by millionsSunday, October 5, 2008 @ 2:33AMAfter Sen. John McCain named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his Republican vice-presidential running mate, friends of Wasilla resident Anne Kilkenny asked for her opinion of Palin. Kilkenny e-mailed a 24,000-word critique to 40 of her friends in the Lower 48 — and never expected it to go viral.

My top 10 lessons as a consumerSaturday, October 4, 2008 @ 11:55PMA big part of being a savvy consumer is managing your career well. Seldom do we tie the two together, but they are intricately intertwined.

How to Know Everything, All the Time: Automated SearchesSaturday, October 4, 2008 @ 4:43AMI love automated searches. Normal people wait until circumstances arouse their curiosity. Then they go looking for answers. They Google it, or use some other search engine or some other means to find answers.

Petters jailed; court papers say he planned to flee the countryFriday, October 3, 2008 @ 12:40PMAgents arrested him Friday, partly in response to taped conversations showing he had plans to leave the country, documents say. He is held without bail on fraud charges.

Firing Teachers: Readers vs. MeFriday, October 3, 2008 @ 5:01AMThe Internet arrived late in my career. Its annoyances are far outweighed by its joys. One of the best things about the new era is that I can converse with far more readers and at much greater depth than I ever could with just a phone and a typewriter.