While the Times usually does an excellent job of covering global news, there seems to be a bias for stories initially uncovered by the Times - whether or not they are the most newsworthy items of the day.

Perhaps he was only trying to keep some scraps of control in a humbling situation, but imagine the withering scorn that Mr. Wallace would direct at any executive who withheld a newsworthy item for such a reason.

Eye on Design, a weekly industry newsletter exclusively for members, sent via e-mail, which provides research on current, newsworthy items within the industry.

The book has 3,500 entries that were culled from the editors' data bank of 200,000 newsworthy items.

"Janet and I were told by the doctor that this would probably be a newsworthy item and that there would be some controversy over it, but I never envisioned anything to this extent."

Playing two sports might not seem like a newsworthy item, but Rutledge's situation is pretty unique.

But, isn't there a press exemption for newsworthy items?

As he has no theoretical framework and no fundamental economic background, he is limited essentially to extrapolation of short-term clusters of newsworthy items, as seen through the eyes of newspaper editors and reporters.

But it became a newsworthy item, to the point where they have a difficult time mentioning my name without saying something like, 'Will success spoil the $7 million man?'

O'Donnell adapted to the multi-personality forum in contrast to her anchoring her own talkshows in the past and moderated the opening "Hot Topics" portion of the show where newsworthy items were discussed.