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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times Co. is in advanced talks to sell all of its small, regional publications. (more)

1.) America bids adieu to ‘Meltdown’ with Keith Olbermann — On Friday, January 21, Anno Domini 2011, Keith Olbermann left MSNBC. Since then, the same people who accused Sarah Palin of controlling Jared Loughner’s mind have circulated the theory that the merger of NBC and Comcast led to Keith’s departure. The New York Times, a right-wing agitprop machine, has reported otherwise: “Underlying the decision, which one executive involved said was not a termination but a ‘negotiated separation,’ were years of behind-the-scenes tension, conflicts and near terminations.” For instance, in addition to working pro bono for the Democratic Party, donating money to candidates on the same day he had them on his show, engaging in–and giving voice to–blatant misogyny, treating his staffers with the disdain and disrespect due none but the most hardened of convicted sex offenders…Keith often just didn’t bother doing anything. “Some days,” reports the NYT, “Mr. Olbermann threatened not to come to work at all and a substitute anchor had to be notified to be on standby.” Incidentally, even liberals are happy with his ouster. Read what conservatives have to say here. (more)

1.) Desperate Dems attempt to rebrand the Obamacare repeal effort — House Republicans politely declined to remove the word “killing” from the “Repealing the Job Killing Health Health Care Law Act,” so Democrats decided to come up with a phrase of their own. “The Patient’s Rights Repeal Act” is what they settled on. Incidentally, the GOP’s name is pretty accurate: In June, the Boston Globe reported that “a 2.3 percent excise tax on companies that supply medical devices like heart defibrillators and surgical tools to hospitals, health centers and ambulance services will cost medical device manufacturers an estimated $20 billion in new taxes over the next decade. And they say that will force them to lay off workers and curb the research and development of new medical tools.” A report released by Senators Coburn and Barasso in October found that the outlook was equally bad in other industries. Meanwhile, “patient’s rights” is pure hogwash–as any depressed owner of a now useless health savings account will tell you. (more)

Whether or not it was intentional, CBS News made a poor “desision” on Sunday when it broadcast a fake cover of former President George W. Bush’s new memoir, “Decision Points,” during a book special. (more)

In the midst of chaos, a choppy game the Celtics didn’t deserve to win, the controversy caused by close friend and teammate Kevin Garnett, and his own offensive malaise through three quarters, Paul Pierce stepped to the forefront in overtime last night, reaching a milestone that many never believed possible. (more)

FOXBOROUGH — Before this season, Patriots coach Bill Belichick removed all the pictures of New England’s past triumphs and big moments from the walls inside the football offices at Gillette Stadium. (more)

1.) Joe Miller’s private security guards take ‘libruhl’ media antipathy too far — The bearded David to Sen. Murkowski’s pinch-faced Goliath may have just provided a boon to everyone else running for Alaska’s Senate seat. On Sunday, Miller’s private security team put an Alaskan journalist in an arm-bar and then handcuffs during an event at a public middle school because the reporter, Tony Hopfinger of Alaska Dispatch, would not stop asking inconvenient questions about Miller’s past. According to Hopfinger’s own account and photographs, Miller’s team restrained the camera-wielding journalist, then told him he was under arrest and made him sit handcuffed in a corner for 30 mins until the police arrived, at which time it was revealed that Miller is not Wyatt Earp and Alaska circa 2010 is not a Cormac McCarthy novel, where might makes right, etc., etc. Miller, a decorated military veteran and Harvard Law graduate, made light of such violence during his speech when he said of securing America’s southern border, “If the East Germans could do it, we can do it.” (more)

The official reasoning behind the release of “True Prep,’’ the sequel to 1980’s “The Preppy Handbook,’’ may be to update the preppies of the world about fashion (J. Crew didn’t exist in 1980), technology (no texting during dinner, Muffy), and plastic surgery (in a word, don’t). But chat with Lisa Birnbach, author of the original and the sequel, and a secondary motive emerges. (more)

Independent gubernatorial candidate Timothy Cahill, who has seen top aides defect from his campaign, is now losing his running mate. (more)

The games over the weekend didn’t have the buildup of those on Sept. 11. (more)

NORTON — When Stewart Cink, Tiger Woods, and Zach Johnson signed their scorecards following the fourth round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, they emerged from the scoring trailer as though they were supressing a secret. (more)

NORTON — Good weather and a Labor Day finish haven’t been the only constants in the eight-year history of the Deutsche Bank Championship. Big-name winners and final-round drama seem to be this tournament’s calling card, and with the bunched pack at the top owning plenty of victories, today dawns at TPC Boston dripping with possibility. (more)

WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin said yesterday that while Massachusetts may “put up with” Senator Scott Brown, the conservatives in her home state of Alaska “wouldn’t stand for” him. (more)

The technology firm Lewtan is one of many companies that have been moving employees into open spaces with fewer private offices, lower cubicle walls, and in some cases, smaller work stations. With laptops and BlackBerrys allowing work to be done from anywhere, information being stored digitally instead of on stacks of paper, more work being outsourced, and all the layoffs in the past year or two, companies are shrinking their footprints. (more)

Blood will be spilled and brains rattled. Body parts will be wrenched and battered, some damaged. (more)

All Johnny Damon needed to hear from Tigers manager Jim Leyland and/or general manager Dave Dombrowski was reassurance that the team still wanted him and would continue to play him. (more)

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, having met last weekend in New Hampshire with the staff of his 2008 presidential campaign, is preparing to embark on an aggressive schedule that will take him to more than 25 states in what is seen as a prelude to another possible White House bid. (more)

In the end, we want to be entertained, don’t we? (more)

There was no doubt in Kenny Doyle’s mind about what should happen to Roger Clemens. (more)

Dressed in a crewneck sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers, the third-year Harvard Law School student stood up calmly and approached the microphone at the Kennedy School of Government. (more)