Big Winners, Big Losers
Not surprisingly, resigned Congressman Mark Foley, the Florida Republican who stepped down last week for sending "suggestive and wholly inappropriate emails to underage pages," (today's second most-cited blog phrase) is today's most-blogged-about personality, grabbing more attention this week than either Harry Potter or President George Bush, who usually share that honor. And conversation is hot and heavy, including today's most-cited news story from the conservative Washington Times, an editorial calling for the resignation of House Speaker Dennis Hastert. MSNBC pointed out this morning that during Bill O'Reilly's discussion of "Foleygate" Tuesday evening, the on-screen type listed Foley as a D (Democrat) instead of an R (Republican). Fair and balanced? You decide.
Big bucks for Big Bang
On the winning side are Nobel Prize winners for physics, John C. Mather and George Smoot (today's No 1-2 burstiest people) for their studies into the origins of the Big Bang Theory, described as "one of the greatest discoveries of the century," according to the Nobel Committee.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at October 4, 2006 10:18 AM
