Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Utah Federal Defender Office on Tuesday asked to withdraw as defense attorney for Brian David Mitchell, citing a conflict of interest. In a motion filed Tuesday, defense attorney Robert Steele said a witness on a list submitted last week by the government was previously represented by his
Biting Edge (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Mario here: Harlequin has long been known for their steamy covers but now they're getting heat they'd rather not have. In case you haven't heard, the big news in the publishing world is that Harlequin is getting roasted over its decision to start a vanity press. In fact, both RWA and SFWA have delisted Harlequin as an approved publisher and MWA has issued a statement expressing regrets with possible...
Keeper of the Snails (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
While I was in China I could only take a couple of books besides the guides: these were China A-Z (which I've talked about before) and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. I read David Mitchell's Ghostwritten several years ago, and was so impressed I immediately bought Cloud Atlas and Number 9 Dream to go alongside it (I also bought Black Swan Green when that came out in paperback too). I've been longing...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
'I would not say that I lost faith in Twitter, I would say that I lost faith in my ability to negotiate it,' says Stephen Fry Stephen Fry, technophile and a "twillionaire" having amassed more than a million followers on Twitter, yesterday explained what almost led him to commit "twitticide" last month and consider leaving the micro-blogging service . "I would not say that...
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
David Mitchell and Robert Webb return with their hilarious, lop-sided view of the world.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Dorotha Smart was there when her granddaughter, Elizabeth Smart, told a court exactly what had happened to her during her nine months in bondage with Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed a list of witnesses they plan to call during Brian David Mitchell's upcoming competency hearing. Four experts and 25 lay witnesses are on the list, including Mitchell's former neighbors and his mother-in-law, Dora Corbett.
The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Classes on goodies and baddies, endless rows about jokes in poor taste . . . is an increasingly cautious BBC suffocating new comedy and drama? Mark Lawson on the climate of fear at Broadcasting House On Saturday, it will be one year since the BBC Trust ruled on Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's dirty phone calls to Andrew Sachs. These represented "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification",...
Reading matters (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road has been chosen as the best book of the decade by The Times. The newspaper compiled a list of 100 books, an incredibly eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction, with some intriguing choices, including the following books reviewed on Reading Matters: Unless by Carol Shields Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson Cloud...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Wanda Barzee admitted her role in the 2002 kidnapping in Utah and agreed to testify in federal court against her husband, Brian David Mitchell. She apologizes for the nine-month enslavement. A woman who helped her husband keep kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart enslaved for nine months agreed Tuesday to serve 15 years in federal prison after admitting her role in the abduction.
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Salt Lake City, UT (AHN) – A woman who helped her husband abduct a teenager in March 2002 and enslaved her for nine months pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges before a Salt Lake City court on Tuesday. Wanda Eileen Barzee, 64, also agreed to a 15-year-sentence and to testify against her husband, Brian David Mitchell, for [...]
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
David Mitchell hosts the 2009 Colman Getty PEN Quiz Monday 23 November 2009, 6pm-12pm At RIBA, Portland Place, London Tension will be high as London’s press and publishing giants rival for the ultimate trophy of the media year. The going will be tough but the night will be tinged with the comic genius of this year’s Quizmaster. David Mitchell joins a distinguished list of former Quizmasters...
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Wanda Barzee admitted her role in the 2002 kidnapping in Utah and agreed to testify in federal court against her husband, Brian David Mitchell. She apologizes for the nine-month enslavement. A woman who helped her husband keep kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart enslaved for nine months agreed today to serve 15 years in federal prison after admitting her role in the abduction.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a deal with federal prosecutors and asked Smart to forgive her for all the pain she had caused.
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a deal with federal prosecutors and asked Smart to forgive her for all the pain she had caused.
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