Rihanna, The Last Word, Chinese Censors

…MIAMI HERALD: columnist Leonard Pitts offers this emotional plea to Rihanna.

…SEATTLE TIMES: gives drinkers the recipe for The Last Word.

…HOUSTON CHRONICLE: readers are emailing of this short bit about the drug boss who landed on the Forbes magazine list of billionaires.

…LAS VEGAS SUN: reports on the language barriers faced by foreign nurses and their patients.

…NEW YORK TIMES: offers this look at an “impish” protest against Web censorship  in China.

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