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...least one segment of the economy is booming: the market in Obama kitsch. The dedicated supporter of the incoming President need not content himself with a T shirt or bumper sticker. Also available are Obama coasters, lava lamps, jigsaw puzzles, mugs, skateboards, toy trains, CDs, DVDs and, of course, commemorative dinner plates. Ben & Jerry's is introducing a Yes Pecan flavor in honor of Obama's campaign slogan, and Marvel Comics is running a special Inaugural issue of Spider-Man. Pepsi has created the Pepsi Optimism Project with a red, white and blue logo almost identical to Obama's sunrise...
...Trebek asked Schleicher, who is co-president of the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, about the organization during the contestant interview segment of the show...
...positions, for one thing. "The message here," says Coates, "is that biology can give you an edge, just as it does in sports or music, but it's not that there's one biological trait that determines success in the financial world. Those traits will change, depending on which segment of the market...
...COULTER is back, and she will cut you if you cancel her segment...
...Yule Log purists, though, it was as if WGN America tried to sell New Coke. In response to a CBS Sunday Morning video comparing the two yule logs, fans bombarded segment host Mo Rocca's blog with protests ("The person who wants the new yule log is a f**king loser and an communist. He should get fired from his job. Merry Christmas," one wrote). Sean Compton, WGN's Senior Vice President for Programming Entertainment, received email complaints as well. "I'm getting attacked," he says. "I had 10 emails this morning, and I don't know how they...