Therapist's notes: the New York Times company mental health clinic.
First Session: The clients gathered for the first time today for our surge-related-depression clinic. Forgot to order extra chairs, so for the first few moments several of the clients were forced to stand "Gitmo style," as one of them complained. When asked to elaborate, client simply lashed...

Cable news firm's founder starts online news venture.
Byline: Mark Jewell BOSTON - The founder of New England Cable News is leaving to launch an online venture focused exclusively on international news and backed by $8 million in startup money from private investors. Philip Balboni's Boston-based venture, Global News Enterprises, plans to launch...

Drawing on experiences.
Byline: The Register-Guard Cartooning has always been a passion for cartoonist Jan Eliot, even though the path to producing her own syndicated comic strip, "Stone Soup," has been full of twists and turns. But nearly every twist and turn has provided a storyline for the popular strip...

Options explored for FDR museum; Owner, city officials remain at odds.
Byline: Shaun Sutner WORCESTER - Joseph J. Plaud's crusade to keep his Franklin D. Roosevelt Heritage Museum in the city has turned into a media-savvy, but increasingly bitter public relations campaign that has marshaled support from FDR admirers across the country and around the state, including the...

A "Teachable Moment":Setting the Record Straight on Roe.
Just a few weeks after the November 2 elections, the Associated Press reported that in an AP-sponsored poll by Ipsos-Public Affairs 59 percent of respondents said they thought President Bush should nominate Supreme Court justices who would uphold Roe v. Wade, while 31 percent wanted nominees who would overturn...

Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Andrews McMeel Publishing 4520 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111-7701 www.andrewsmcmeel.com Andrews McMeel publishers books of some of your favorite syndicated cartoonists; from the creator of Cathy and For Better or For Worse to Sherman's Lagoon. Thank goodness they do: even the most...

Releases: impressing the press: here are seven steps to writing and distributing effective press releases.
Look at today's newspaper. How many stories do you think were the result of a press release? Probably lots. Many reporters use press releases as a starting point in writing the stories that appear in your local newspapers, magazines, radio and television news shows. A press release can be...

Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Andrews McMeel Publishing 4520 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111-7701 www.amuniversal.com Andrews McMeel's collections of syndicated cartoons will be readily recognizable items to any who like to follow newspaper funnies: they gather the best of recent panels and strips and one huge advantage...

10 years later, 'Stone Soup' creator still basks in the spotlight of success.
Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard If you see her today, wish Jan Eliot a happy anniversary. Or you could just send her some tin - because that's what you get on your 10th anniversary, you know. It was a decade ago today that Eliot's comic...

Author altered `Dilbert' panel on porpoise.
Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 9/14/2005): Bob Welch's column on Page D1 on Tuesday included the wrong month when McKenzie High School student Andrew Mercer was killed in an auto accident. He died in August. From county fair pickles to `Dilbert' porpoises,...