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Urgent versus important, and the macro Kate should create. Also, 7 other things worth knowing today.

In court, it’s common for a judge to tell the jury to avoid outside news coverage. But you might have seen how difficult that’s become to enforce recently, in the lawsuit that Sarah Palin filed against the New York Times.

The jurors found out during their deliberations that the judge had decided to dismiss the case.

(He was waiting until they reported th…