Read more blog stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7341/blog.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:56:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74102/ex-hooker-blogger-is-cancer-researcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former London hooker whose blog posts have been turned into books and a popular British TV series has finally revealed her identity as a scientist who works in a hospital on kids' cancer research. Dr. Brooke Magnanti, 34, has been writing under the pen name "Belle du Jour" to...http://www.newser.com/story/74102/ex-hooker-blogger-is-cancer-researcher.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 3:06:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73345/emma-thompson-drops-support-of-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWho says a blog can’t change anything? Not the folks at Shakesville , who assembled a petition opposing actress Emma Thompson’s decision to sign a petition of her own opposing Roman Polanksi’s arrest. Somehow, one member of the community finagled a meeting with Thompson, presented the document…and actually changed her mind....http://www.newser.com/story/73345/emma-thompson-drops-support-of-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 12:17:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72966/white-house-takes-crack-at-car-website.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe administration has picked another fight with a media outlet, but not one that employs Glenn Beck. The White House blog took aim at Edmunds.com, which had posted a scathing assessment of the “Cash for Clunkers” program. The snarky post argues that Edmunds must have been “covering car sales...http://www.newser.com/story/72966/white-house-takes-crack-at-car-website.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 14:10:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72611/why-women-blog-less-than-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen dominate social media—they use Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace much more than men. But not blogging: 67% of bloggers are male, one survey shows. Why? Because "the Internet still feels like the Wild West," writes Melissa Clouthier, where differences of opinion can quickly escalate into personal attacks. With all...http://www.newser.com/story/72611/why-women-blog-less-than-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 17:47:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72234/need-a-chicken-poncho-hit-regretsy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you have a chicken in need of a trusty poncho, or should you find yourself dying for a 16-inch reusable menstrual pad, good news: You can buy either—or both—of those items on Etsy, the site where artists sell handmade items. If you aren’t looking for a chicken...http://www.newser.com/story/72234/need-a-chicken-poncho-hit-regretsy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:55:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70928/blogger-nikki-finke-stays-one-step-ahead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNikki Finke works out of her apartment in Hollywood, surrounded by six phones, a laptop, and a cat. Although she doesn’t go out and mingle with her contacts, she certainly has them. And their desire to be on her good side—or stay out of her sights entirely—has made...http://www.newser.com/story/70928/blogger-nikki-finke-stays-one-step-ahead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 13:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70877/todays-hot-topic-in-syrian-blogosphere-masturbation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSyria’s authoritarian regime has been quick to lock up bloggers who tweak it even slightly, but it seems to have turned the other cheek as a flame war over masturbation has erupted. One blogger’s call for a crackdown on the evidently widespread “secret habit” elicited a push for an “unprecedented...http://www.newser.com/story/70877/todays-hot-topic-in-syrian-blogosphere-masturbation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 13:31:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70756/in-blog-post-white-house-blasts-fox-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an unprecedented move, the White House has excoriated one of its most vocal opponents in a blog post ripping Fox News. The post singles out Glenn Beck, saying his "program has shown that nothing is worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan attack...http://www.newser.com/story/70756/in-blog-post-white-house-blasts-fox-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 14:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70249/allen-quits-piracy-fight-and-maybe-music-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter taking heaps of “abuse” for her campaign against music piracy, British pop star Lily Allen today shut down the blog she’d used to explain her side of the fight—only after she’d written that she wasn’t going to renew her recording deal and didn’t plan on another album. “She...http://www.newser.com/story/70249/allen-quits-piracy-fight-and-maybe-music-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 20:13:41 CDT