According to the Boston Globe, the devil does not wear Prada - he wears khakis. Columnist Christopher Muther writes a really funny piece about the recent resurgence of chinos. Both Dockers and Banana Republic have launched big ad campaigns to boost the popularity of “the official uniform of the dot-com boom, casual Fridays, and your company?s computer guy.” And it’s a situation that has Muther worried -  he says he’s been khaki-free since kicking the habit in the late 1990s.

The son of Robert F. Kennedy takes to the opinion page in today’s LA Times to blast the LAPD for displaying the clothes his father was wearing when he was assassinated in 1968 during a convention in Las Vegas. Maxwell Taylor Kennedy writes that it was a “macabre publicity stunt” to let his father’s blood-soaked clothing be “gawked at by gamblers and tourists.”

This will be the final year for the Barbara Walters pre-Oscar interviews. Her age is one factor, but the New York Times says Walters feels like Hollywood stars are interviewed everywhere, making it tough for her to break new ground. For her finale, Walters will sit down with nominees Mo’Nique and Sandra Bullock.

Do the Oscars actually mean anything? Once you strip away all the hype, USA Today says it’s not always easy to see what kind of tangible effect winning an Oscar has on the career, or the bank account, of an actor. The paper did a study on the 116 statue recipients since 1980 and found that in many cases, an Academy Award is followed by “an urge to cash in with subpar projects and unsuitable roles.”

After Taylor Swift’s off-pitch duet with Stevie Nicks at this year’s Grammy Awards, the Internet was abuzz with criticism for the 20-year-old country singer. But the St. Petersburg Times says Swift’s detractors should hold their tongues and prints five reasons why in today’s paper. Number one? “Her voice is thin, but at least it’s hers.”

Please stop the musak! DMV workers are sick of hearing Celine Dion piped into their cubicles says the Oregonian. So they’ve suggested the state pull the plug on the agency’s “acoustic wallpaper.” Workers say the gift of silence is good for taxpayers too - it costs $160 a month to fill the DMV with musak.

Johnny Depp is in trouble reports the New York Post this morning. He is filming a movie with Angelina Jolie in Italy. And the rumor is that Vanessa Paradis, Depp’s longtime girlfriend and mother of his two children, demanded he quit the film after learning about a “passionate love scene” in the script between the “puffy-lipped siren” and Depp.

Hollywood has coined a new word: prehab. That’s short for preventative rehab. Apparently, that’s what Charlie Sheen is doing. The New York Times says the word debuted in Gawker’s comments section and has since been defined as everything from “the new personal leave” to simply, “a celebrity thing.”

He’s got a cot instead of a couch. But that hasn’t stopped a jailed psychiatrist’s patients from trying to keep their appointments says the Kentucky Enquirer. Neither has the fact that he’s currently on trial for killing another patient with a sword. Jail officials say one patient even dropped off the doctor’s prescription pad in hopes of a refill.

Coffee isn’t the only thing people are slinging in Starbucks these days. The Wall Street Journal says many chain stores have found themselves in the midst of a battle over Americans’ right to carry guns in public. Starbucks recently opted not to ban guns in its stores, a decision that has made the coffee chain’s stores a “parade grounds of sorts for open-carry advocates.”

We’ve all been there. You order a coffee and then wonder what to do with the quarter you receive back as change. Is it offensive to leave a 25-cent tip? Isn’t a one dollar tip too much to leave for your $1.75 house blend? The San Francisco Chronicle offers some etiquette for the tip jar in today’s paper. The general rule seems to be leave 10 percent if you’re happy with your service.

Captain Sully is hanging up his wings. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger has decided to retire early. The “Hero on the Hudson” pilot says he will continue advocating for aviation safety and plans to write another book. Sounds like he’ll need the money. The Charlotte Observer says passengers on Sullenberger’s last flight yesterday passed around a barf bag to collect donations for his retirement. And all he got was a measly $11.

An air traffic controller at JFK went a little too far when he brought his kids to work. Instead of coloring quietly in the corner, the man’s two young children took turns giving take-off instructions to pilots. The New York Post says the pilots “didn’t mind taking orders from grade-schoolers,” even wishing they could bring their own kids to work. Now that makes me nervous. LISTEN to AUDIO

Do the Oscars actually mean anything? Once you strip away all the hype, USA Today says it’s not always easy to see what kind of tangible effect winning an Oscar has on the career, or the bank account, of an actor. The paper did a study on the 116 statue recipients since 1980 and found that in many cases, an Academy Award is followed by “an urge to cash in with subpar projects and unsuitable roles.”

Johnny Depp is in trouble reports the New York Post this morning. He is filming a movie with Angelina Jolie in Italy. And the rumor is that Vanessa Paradis, Depp’s longtime girlfriend and mother of his two children, demanded he quit the film after learning about a “passionate love scene” in the script between the “puffy-lipped siren” and Depp.

He’s got a cot instead of a couch. But that hasn’t stopped a jailed psychiatrist’s patients from trying to keep their appointments says the Kentucky Enquirer. Neither has the fact that he’s currently on trial for killing another patient with a sword. Jail officials say one patient even dropped off the doctor’s prescription pad in hopes of a refill.

Coffee isn’t the only thing people are slinging in Starbucks these days. The Wall Street Journal says many chain stores have found themselves in the midst of a battle over Americans’ right to carry guns in public. Starbucks recently opted not to ban guns in its stores, a decision that has made the coffee chain’s stores a “parade grounds of sorts for open-carry advocates.”

He’s not even worried about getting carpal tunnel syndrome. The LA Times profiles a 27-year-old “self-proclaimed” New Yorker who is on a mission to sketch the city’s 8,363,710 people. Jason Polan draws people everywhere, whether they’re eating pizza or on the subway, and posts them to his website. So far, he’s up to 8, 300.

We’re not in Topeka anymore. The Kansas city has (unofficially) changed its name to Google for the month of March. Yes, that right - Google, Kansas. It’s a bid to woo the Internet giant into testing its new broadband service in the city. And the Capital Journal says Topeka’s new name and slogan - “the capital city of fiber optics”  - have created quite a buzz.

It’s a little known secret, but the Cleveland Plain-Dealer says more and more retailers are willing to negotiate on prices that are supposedly “non-negotiable.” A recent survey from Consumer Reports found that 75 percent of Americans were able to haggle a better price on everything from cell phone plans to appliances. Experts say the down economy triggered a “cultural shift” about bargaining.

“The Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show” are leaving Hulu reports the LA Times this morning. The decision was made after negotiations over how to share advertising profits broke down. Insiders say it is hard for Hulu to get cable shows to commit to their site because their satellite distributors “don’t like it when the shows they pay good money are offered elsewhere for free.”

Jessica Simpson finally opened up about the remarks John Mayer made to Playboy about what she was like in the sack says the New York Daily News. Simpson told Oprah yesterday she was a “little bit angry” over the way Mayer talked about her in the interview but said it “could have been a lot worse.”

AirTran flight attendants aren’t feeling very friendly these days. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says they’re up in arms over a series of Sports Illustrated decals plastered to their planes. The advertisements are to promote the magazine’s annual swimsuit edition. They say the images of “a swimsuit-clad woman in heels” opens them up to harassment by male passengers.

The TSA is working on a scanning machine that would let passengers keep their shoes on reports USA Today. The agency says travelers name shoe removal as the biggest airport security hassle. The technology has existed for quite awhile but the TSA says earlier models were too unpredictable. The agency says it plans to invest in at least 100 of the machines before the end of the year.

The Wall Street Journal writes about a move that’s causing controversy in the soccer world this morning. It’s called the paradinha. Invented by Pele and perfected by contemporary Brazilian stars, the move is designed to fake out the goalie during a penalty shot. FIFA regulators say there isn’t enough time to outlaw the paradinha before this summer’s World Cup begins.  VIDEO

It wasn’t advertised as satire, just as a good old-fashioned talk on ethics. Rod Blagojevich apparently didn’t see the irony as he got up to speak about the role of ethics in politics at Northwestern University yesterday. But the audience did. The Chicago Tribune says Blagojevich appeared “ruffled” after the audience laughed through his introduction, his claims of innocence and self-comparisons to “Thomas Jefferson, Elvis and a mythical Greek figure.”

New research shows that regularly taking headache medicine can seriously increase the risk of hearing loss in men under 50.  The Arizona Republic says taking acetaminophen more than twice a week doubles the risk of hearing loss and taking ibuprofen increases the risk by two-thirds. Regular aspirin is the least risky but still increases the chances of hearing loss by 30 percent.

He sounds just about the same. After losing his voice to cancer in 2002, Roger Ebert was able to cobble together a computerized model of his voice from commentary he’s provided on DVDs over the years says the Chicago Tribune. Ebert debuted his new voice, dubbed Roger Jr., on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. VIDEO

Why not make some Avartinis for your Oscar party? The San Jose Mercury News says with ten movies nominated in the Best Picture category, the possibilities for film-themed food are virtually endless. Beyond blue cocktails, the paper suggests German sausages in honor of “Inglorious Basterds” or Middle Eastern food for fans of the “Hurt Locker.”

Silly diners, rabbits are for eating. There’s a funny New York Times piece this morning about eating rabbit. The animal is becoming a favorite of chefs despite its reputation as the “star of children?s books and Saturday-morning cartoons.” The paper offers a piece of advice when serving rabbit at home: “Don’t tell the kids.”

There’s a new kind of garlic in town. The Chicago Tribune says black garlic is popping up on menus across the country. Fermented for 30 days until its tan exterior turns black, the ingredient offers a similar taste without the common side effects, namely heartburn and garlic breath.

The New York Daily News says police were fanned out around the city yesterday looking for a “supermodel with long legs and short fuse.” Naomi Campbell fled the limo she was in after allegedly assaulting her driver. The fight reportedly had something to do with Campbell’s (married) Russian millionaire boyfriend. The supermodel thinks the boyfriend is cheating and became irate when her driver refused to snitch on him.

Talk about a ball and chain. A Massachusetts couple spent their first night as newlyweds in jail reports the Cape Cod Times. And they weren’t even put in the same cell. The bride was charged with assault after trying to run over an ex-girlfriend of her new groom.

“The Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show” are leaving Hulu reports the LA Times this morning. The decision was made after negotiations over how to share advertising profits broke down. Insiders say it is hard for Hulu to get cable shows to commit to their site because their satellite distributors “don’t like it when the shows they pay good money are offered elsewhere for free.”

The Wall Street Journal writes about a move that’s causing controversy in the soccer world this morning. It’s called the paradinha. Invented by Pele and perfected by contemporary Brazilian stars, the move is designed to fake out the goalie during a penalty shot. FIFA regulators say there isn’t enough time to outlaw the paradinha before this summer’s World Cup begins.  VIDEO

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning finally abandoned his “one-man protest” of a benefits program, set to expire on March 1, that would offer temporary relief to the country’s jobless. The Lexington Herald Leader says as a compromise, Democrats agreed to vote on an item Bunning had suggested to offset the cost of the bill.

The New York Daily News says police were fanned out around the city yesterday looking for a “supermodel with long legs and short fuse.” Naomi Campbell fled the limo she was in after allegedly assaulting her driver. The fight reportedly had something to do with Campbell’s (married) Russian millionaire boyfriend. The supermodel thinks the boyfriend is cheating and became irate when her driver refused to snitch on him.

If you felt like yesterday was just a little bit shorter than the day before, you’re right. The St. Petersburg Times says the 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile over the weekend was so powerful that it shifted the Earth’s axis, permanently shaving 1.26 microseconds off of every day.

Until recently, if you were planning on overthrowing the government in South Carolina, there was some paperwork you needed to fill out. But now lawmakers think the McCarthy-era rule makes them look silly to the rest of the nation reports the State. They want to do away with the “subversive activities registration act.” See the Form

His sharp tongue has enraged Sarah Palin. But the Washington Post says Rahm Emanuel is emerging as the White House’s voice of reason. Many Washington insiders believe that President Obama could have avoided many of his current legislative problems by heeding Emanuel’s advice.

With more men on the job interview circuit, tie manufacturers thought they might actually turn a profit during the recession. But they were wrong. While suit sales ended the year virtually untouched by economic factors, the tie industry’s numbers continue to plummet. The Chicago Tribune says men collect ties without trying and usually update their collection inadvertently on Fathers Day.

Who even knew that the Falklands were still an issue? The New York Times headline on Hillary Clinton’s trip to Latin America says she’s urging Argentina and Britain to peacefully resolve their differences over the Falkland Islands.

The Miami Herald publishes an eyewitness account from a survivor in Chile. The man was vacationing on an island off the coast of Constituci?n when the earthquake struck. He spent the hours after the quake ferrying dozens of members of his family to safety. On his last trip, the man says the river his boat was in “returned in the form of a tidal wave more than 30 feet high.”

Civilized behavior takes awhile to kick in. The LA Times says researchers studying two iconic shipwrecks of the 20th century found that when a crisis is imminent, social norms are replaced with “powerful survival instincts.” Survivors of the Lusitania, which sunk in 18 minutes, were mostly able-bodied men and women. Nearly all those who survived the Titanic, which took hours to sink, were women and children.

It sounds like science fiction but the San Jose Mercury News says it’s true: Male frogs, exposed to herbicides that run off into rivers and lakes, are turning into females and having babies. A new report out of Berkley says the “male-turned-female frogs” only spawn male offspring, which could throw off the species’ sex ratio.

The New York Post calls Governor David Paterson a “lame duck” in today’s paper. To illustrate their point, they put a picture of his head on a duck.  The funny thing is that they felt the need to include the “photo composite” disclosure - in case you thought the governor really did have a duck body.

What ever happened to the flu season? We’re on the winter home stretch and the much feared H1N1 virus has been barely present. And neither has its more pedestrian cousin, the common flu. The Wall Street Journal says typically influenza comes in waves and peaks around this time of the year. But the swine flu showed up early last year and peaked around October.

O.J. Simpson and his suit made headlines this morning. But it’s not a lawsuit this time. The LA Times says the tan suit Simpson wore in 1995 when he was acquitted of two murders is going to the Smithsonian. The suit was donated by Simpson’s agent as part of a settlement. No word on whether the museum actually wants the suit.

LeBron James has filed paperwork to officially change his number for the 2010-11 season reports the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. James says out of respect for his hero, Michael Jordan, he will retire his number “23” jersey and instead opt for “6,” which was his number on the US Olympic Team.

First lady Michelle Obama has been urging parents to make small changes in their kid’s diets to prevent childhood obesity. But when it comes to losing weight, the “small changes” approach doesn’t really work says Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times. Our bodies adjust to small changes in our diet and retool the amount of calories we need accordingly, a biological strategy that can make weight loss difficult.

Are macarons the new cupcake? The Wall Street Journal says the almond-flavored treats are enjoying a boom in popularity and can even be found in some French McDonalds. But fans of the macaron worry that all the attention is putting their sophisticated sandwich cookie in peril: “Macarons are not meant to be mainstream.”

War is generally not a popular subject. And when it comes to the Academy Awards, neither are war movies. The LA Times says if the “Hurt Locker” ends up with an award for Best Picture, it will be the first conflict-themed film to do so in 25 years. In the last 40 years, only three war movies (1970’s “Patton”; 1978’s “The Deer Hunter”; 1986’s “Platoon”) have received an Oscar for Best Picture.

Russia won just three gold medals in Vancouver. The Wall Street Journal says President Dimitri Medvedev told Olympic team officials they can resign or he’ll fire them—whichever they prefer. Said the president: “[They] should take the courageous decision and tender their resignations. If they cannot, we will help them.”

The cast for season ten of “Dancing with the Stars” was announced yesterday reports the LA Times. Among those trying to dance their way to glory are Pamela Anderson and the “original octomom,” Kate Gosselin. And though it seems odd, given all the fuss over the fuzzy photos snapped of her in her hotel room, a high-def Erin Andrews is set to appear, albeit in a parade of skimpy costumes.

She’s still cute after 42,000 years. The Chicago Tribune profiles a month-old baby wooly mammoth that went on display this week at the Field Museum. The paper says after being preserved in a Siberian river bed for tens of thousands of years, even her baby fat survived intact.

His sharp tongue has enraged Sarah Palin. But the Washington Post says Rahm Emanuel is emerging as the White House’s voice of reason. Many Washington insiders believe that President Obama could have avoided many of his current legislative problems by heeding Emanuel’s advice.

The Miami Herald publishes an eyewitness account from a survivor in Chile. The man was vacationing on an island off the coast of Constituci?n when the earthquake struck. He spent the hours after the quake ferrying dozens of members of his family to safety. On his last trip, the man says the river his boat was in “returned in the form of a tidal wave more than 30 feet high.”

The New York Post calls Governor David Paterson a “lame duck” in today’s paper. To illustrate their point, they put a picture of his head on a duck.  The funny thing is that they felt the need to include the “photo composite” disclosure - in case you thought the governor really did have a duck body.

USA Today says the US Postal Service wants to scale back its delivery schedule to five days a week. Honestly, it seems like a good idea to me - it works just fine in Canada. The Postmaster General will submit a formal request at the end of the month, which will be followed by a series of public hearings around the country. If all goes well, the issue will be turned over to Congress.

The cast for season ten of “Dancing with the Stars” was announced yesterday reports the LA Times. Among those trying to dance their way to glory are Pamela Anderson and the “original octomom,” Kate Gosselin. And though it seems odd, given all the fuss over the fuzzy photos snapped of her in her hotel room, a high-def Erin Andrews is set to appear, albeit in a parade of skimpy costumes.

I wasn’t the only one watching Team Canada beat Team USA in the Olympic hockey final. New York Times TV sports writer Richard Sandomir says 27.6 million US viewers tuned in, making the hockey ratings better than the figure skating ratings for NBC. And in Canada, more than half of the population watched. USA Today says the remarkable game has provided a boon for the NHL.

Attention all you pregnant ladies with headphones stuck to your belly: the Mozart effect is a lie. The LA Times talks to the researcher behind the 1993 study that popularized the idea that exposing your child to music in utero will make them smarter. He says it’s actually making music, not just listening to it, that can improve your child’s cognitive abilities.

Roger Ebert has a new voice. But he sounds the same. After losing his voice, along with his ability to eat and drink, to cancer in 2002, the film critic was able to cobble together a computerized model of his voice from commentary he has provided on DVDs over the years. The New York Daily News says “Roger Jr.” could stand to be a little smoother but has otherwise given Ebert his voice back.

New research shows that more Americans aren’t waiting for the nightly news to get their information fix. Instead, the news has become a “shared social experience” says the San Francisco Chronicle. The Internet has changed the news power dynamic from a top-down model to one of “foraging and opportunism.”

The massive 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile this weekend and set off a tsunami warning for one-fourth off the world’s residents is still making front page news this morning. The LA Times says the death toll in Chile has risen to more than 700 and it is estimated that two million people have lost their homes or are injured. The Wall Street Journal says the quake, which is the fifth largest ever measured, has set off looting in the country’s southern region.

Now that the Olympics are over there’s a return to regularly scheduled programming.  A lot of the one-hour network dramas went off the air for a few weeks. The New York Times has a guide to help you get back on track with all the story lines you may have forgotten.

My good-natured gloating won’t go beyond the headline that Canada was the gold medal leader in Vancouver ... because others took it too far. Desperate for a statistic to deny the US victory in the overall medal count, someone in Canada did some number crunching by adding in fourth and fifth place finishes. Tracee Hamilton of the Washington Post asks sports fans to “keep it sane” and focus on the many highlights of the Games.

The Canada-US showdown in Olympic men’s hockey last night got a lot of ink this morning. The New York Daily News gives Canadian star Sidney Crosby a new nickname after his overtime goal clenched the 3-2 victory, and the gold medal, for Canada: Sid Vicious. New York Post columnist Mike Vacarro notes the amazing work from US goalie Ryan Miller and says last night’s hockey game was one fans will always remember.

Former Olympic rower Charles Banks Altekruse says enough with the expense of moving the Olympics from city to city. On the opinion page of the New York Times he advocates choosing a permanent home for the games and says Switzerland would be the ideal host for both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

Forget the Jersey Shore. The New York Post says Brooklyn has come up with its own hotbed of promiscuity and racial stereotypes. The paper provides the details about a reality TV show in development that will focus on Russian Americans in Brighton Beach.

Someone named Brian is the “mayor” of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Problem is no one seems to know this Brian character. The paper says he is typical of the new generation of social networking users, those who’ve moved beyond Facebook and its top ten lists, to seek out new types of social interaction via “quirky and even creepy” websites.

Lots of things get harder as we age, and apparently, that list includes losing weight. USA Today reports that dieters, especially middle-aged ones, hit a “brick wall” after losing their first ten pounds. Experts say our bodies actually fight back against weight loss. After we lose ten to 15 percent of our total weight, chemicals are released that make us hungrier and make it harder for us to feel full.

As a nation, our feet are getting bigger. The Chicago Tribune says it may be because we’ve entered an era of comfortable shoes, which encourages more realism when it comes to size. Or maybe it’s all the pizza with “hormone-laced cheese” we eat as teenagers. Whatever it is, the average shoe size for a woman has increased over the past 30 years from 7.5 to 8.5. For men, it’s gone from 9.5 to 10.5.

Finally, we know who is so vain. After decades of tight-lipped silence, Carly Simon says she has revealed the inspiration for her song “You’re So Vain.” The San Francisco Chronicle says music producer David Geffen’s name is whispered backwards on a track on Simon’s new album.

The Washington Post has a nice recap of all 37 US medal winners from this year’s Olympics. The United States set a record for the most medals collected by one country at a Winter Games. The Post says the high ratings and growing popularity that resulted from Team USA “over-achievement” will have a lasting impact as the Olympic Committee enters uncertain economic times.

The massive 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile this weekend and set off a tsunami warning for one-fourth off the world’s residents is still making front page news this morning. The LA Times says the death toll in Chile has risen to more than 700 and it is estimated that two million people have lost their homes or are injured. The Wall Street Journal says the quake, which is the fifth largest ever measured, has set off looting in the country’s southern region.

The Canada-US showdown in Olympic men’s hockey last night got a lot of ink this morning. The New York Daily News gives Canadian star Sidney Crosby a new nickname after his overtime goal clenched the 3-2 victory, and the gold medal, for Canada: Sid Vicious. New York Post columnist Mike Vacarro notes the amazing work from US goalie Ryan Miller and says last night’s hockey game was one fans will always remember.

Finally, we know who is so vain. After decades of tight-lipped silence, Carly Simon says she has revealed the inspiration for her song “You’re So Vain.” The San Francisco Chronicle says music producer David Geffen’s name is whispered backwards on a track on Simon’s new album.

The earthquake that hit Chile yesterday was “one of the most powerful on record,” reports the Washington Post. At the time the major newspapers went to press, the death toll was at about 300. The quake did far less damage than the Haiti quake because it was centered far from big cities.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics wrap-up stories and columns have started. The one from Los Angeles Times writer Bill Plaschke is nice. He writes about the people of Vancouver and says: “Canada, you were gold.”

Many of the big Olympic medal winners for Team USA are “hardly on the team,” reports the New York Times. Shani Davis, Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White are among the big winners who mostly opt out of official team support and training in favor of private coaching.

There’s a photo of a shaken-up Snooki in the New York Daily News. She was among the guests at a party at Sony Plaza in Manhattan when a snow-covered atrium roof broke under the weight of snow. About a dozen people were treated for minor injuries. The Jersey Shore star Snooki escaped injury, as did actor Chris Noth.

The Wall Street Journal reports the “Olympics of Engineering” are in evidence in Vancouver. In sports decided by fractions of a second, even the slightest edge in equipment or performance fabric can mean victory.

We have more choices than ever. When you walk into the detergent aisle you don’t just have Tide. You have 15 varieties of Tide. Powder? Liquid? Double-concentrated liquid? The New York Times looks at research into the paralysis that develops when we’re given too many choices.