I always wonder what makes something a popular toy... Anyway, sounds like there's conflicgting data on this.

Quoted: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the popular Zhu Zhu toy because it may contain higher-than-allowed levels of antimony, a heavy metal which if ingested can make children sick.

The plot thickens. Turns out she made up sources for Foreign Policy. How could this even happen to this extent? I wonder if this is even her real name? There's not much info about her on the Web ... no affiliations.

Quoted: The scandal surrounding the writer Mona Sarika continues to unfold after the Wall Street Journal removed an article she wrote.

Looks like the woman who stole the piece Amy and I wrote has a history of plagiarism...

Quoted: The WSJ isn't the only place that writer Mona Sarika plagiarized in her columns.

Oh my god, parts of the article I co-wrote were plagiarized in this WSJ piece!

Quoted: The Wall Street Journal has scrubbed an article from its website after learning that it was plagiarized from several sources. "A Nov. 10 "New Global Indian" online column by New York City freelance writer Mona Sarika has been found to contain information that was plagiarized from several publications, including the Washington Post, Little India, India Today and San Francisco magazine," a notice to readers now reads where the column once lived.

Love the angle of this story in The Root.

Quoted: To all you little boys and girls out there who want to be famous, today’s lesson is about a great man named Tiger Woods who once had to apologize to the world for his “transgressions.”

I'm glad to see this is getting some coverage.

Quoted: Twenty five years after, thousands still grapple with the effects of exposure to the deadly gas from the Bhopal, India chemical plant disaster.

Yeah, it's a fine line ... but I wish sick people would stop showing up at my yoga class.

Quoted: Studies have concluded that exercise can enhance the immune system, but is the effect great enough to stave off swine flu?

Love this Greek spot in Queen Anne...

Quoted: In the menu, you will not encounter gyros, tasty food enough in its own right, but the culinary equivalent of the American hot dog or hamburger. Instead, the range of selections offered here represents the true splendor of Greek regional cuisine, characteristic dishes lovingly crafted just as they are in traditional kitchens of all the far-flung towns of Greece.

My interview with Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International.

Quoted: Secretary Khan, who’s based out of Amnesty International in London, sat down for an interview with the International Examiner during the Seattle leg of her book tour.