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Lizzie Skurnick, who writes the hilarious and poignant Fine Lines feature on Jezebel.com, has sold a book of similar material to HarperCollins. Fine Lines, which appears every Friday on the site, is a look back at favorite YA books including classics like A Wrinkle in Time and classic trash like My Sweet Audrina, by V.C. Andrews. If you love YA books, be sure to read our story "Cover Girls" from our April 2008 issue, which tracks the changes in book covers over the years.
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Stephen Colbert asked the viewer of his television show, The Colbert Report, to create new backgrounds for a video of a speech given by Senator John McCain. The results are on ColbertNation.com.
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At this year's Cannes ad festival, a design prize was awarded for the first time. The winner? Turner Duckworth for the rebranding of the visual identity and packaging of Coca-Cola. [via Ad Age]
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The Commons, Flickr's collection of photos from public archives, has added photographs from the Smithsonian. With works from the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Powerhouse Museum, The Commons is an easy way to look through and search for historical photographs. [via kottke, who linked to a particularly cute photo of a baby sent through the mail]
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Senator Barack Obama debuted a new seal
in front a podium on June 20, in Chicago. A clear visual pun on the
American Presidential seal, it has become the cause for fierce debate
in the blogosphere. [via NYT The Caucus]
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