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The state of the USA Today? IT'S A DISASTER!!!

Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:00:14 PST

Or, at least, it is when they interview moi for a pleasant fluff piece about fan-created trailers. Annalee can have the NY Times. USA Today had color before it was cool.
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Superman Returns To Major Metropolitan Newspapers

Graeme McMillan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:25:10 PDT

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Superman's highest profile gig in a long time? Starting next month, the Man of Steel will take up residence at USA Today, appearing in a beautiful new weekly strip. More »

Stephenie Meyer Was The Book Industry In The First Quarter

Alasdair Wilkins — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:37:13 PDT

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USA Today's newest quarterly best-selling books list is out, and those abstinence-loving vampires from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books took the first four spots. But what was the best-selling proper science fiction book, you ask? Well… More »

Tuguska Explosion: 100 Years Later, Still Unsolved

Michael Reilly — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 PDT

One hundred years ago today, June 30th, 1908, a great explosion rained Hell over Siberia, flattening 830 square miles of forest. Easily big enough to destroy a city, the 30-meter diameter space rock missed Moscow by about 4 hours. And it will happen again. But even as we track the objects headed our way in the next century, the flood of media hype over the centennial this past week shows there are still some major mysteries about the Russian blast that need solving. More »

USA Today Can't See The Sunshine

Kevin Kelly — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:15:00 PST

Claudia Puig over at USA Today gets it wrong, yet again. The film critic has posted an article called "Dark themes shine a beacon of light at the theater" which is supposed to be about how depressing flicks were big at the box office, but it quickly devolves into nothing more than a list of her best and worst of the year. Plus she snubs science fiction films altogether. Memo to Claudia: Danny Boyle's brilliant (and underappreciated) film Sunshine was just about the darkest-themed film out there this year, plus shining a beacon of light! It's all about reigniting our dying sun. More »