November 28, 2002

Weblogs, commonly called blogs, personal Web sites where people spout their thoughts for all to read, are fairly evenly divided between men and women, but subject matter is vastly different; men's blogs generally comment on news and politics and women's tend to be more inwardly focused; cursory inspection can lead surfer to think men are more prolific because they are linked more to each other's blogs, while women's blogs can be found in directories like Blog Sisters; there are signs that tables are turning, as more men's blogs contain personal tidbits and women are surveying the body politic; drawing; photos (M)

Gov James McGreevey apologizes for charging New Jersey taxpayers $70,000 for trip to Ireland last summer that combined business and vacation; will ask state Democratic party to repay most of money; photo; Star-Ledger reported he spent over $105,000, including $3,178 charged to state for family reunion dinner; $20,000 was estimated cost of trade mission (M)

Philadelphia Phillies increase offer to Tom Glavine to outbid New York Mets' second offer at early stage of counter proposals (M)

Bush administration proposes to give managers of 155 national forests more discretion to approve logging and commercial activities with less evaluation of potential damage to environment; proposal would thoroughly rewrite rules issued by Pres Bill Clinton in November 2000; Clinton rules and Bush administration's proposals reviewed (M)

Analysis of whether Vivendi Universal is considering selling its American entertainment assets; says there are plenty of reasons to believe that selling them could be difficult, not only because of big egos involved but because of uncertainties in determining what they are worth; Marvin Davis's unsolicited $20 billion bid for Universal Entertainment could change dynamic for Barry Diller, chief of Universal Entertainment, who is known to have his own big plans for unit, most likely including effort to spin off at least part of its equity in public stock offering; Vivendi's management in Paris has publicly rejected Davis's offer; photo (M)