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OK, so you're back at work and you think, what have I missed? You could scroll through the archives for September and the dog days of August, when you weren't really paying attention. Or you could check out these most talked-about posts from the last week.
LAT picks a theater critic, f-i-n-a-l-l-y
Milton Bradley regrets all that wife-beating stuff (became public)
New Orleans Times-Picayune predicted it all
Milton Bradley and why Jon Weisman gave up sportswriting
Josh Friedman likes working in Hollywood, he really does
Getty reporter moves to an easier beat
Joel Stein takes some questions
Mayor Sam's anony-bloggers forced out of shadows
LAT News Design Director Bill Gaspard quits
Laura Esguerra, 1969-2005
Milton Bradley regrets all that wife-beating stuff (became public)
New Orleans Times-Picayune predicted it all
Milton Bradley and why Jon Weisman gave up sportswriting
Josh Friedman likes working in Hollywood, he really does
Getty reporter moves to an easier beat
Joel Stein takes some questions
Mayor Sam's anony-bloggers forced out of shadows
LAT News Design Director Bill Gaspard quits
Laura Esguerra, 1969-2005
Here's last week's recap, in case you're really behind. That one featured the new Daily News managing editor, L.A.'s top 10 most popular cars, Scarlet Johansson and the L.A. Times, and the New York Times' Charlie Le Duff showing up on a new Discovery Channel show. The NYT reviews it today, with a photo of LeDuff in Fight Club mode.