AP to set guidelines for using its articles in blogs

By Saul Hansell
The New York Times

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AP to set guidelines for using its articles in blogs

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by mementh June 22, 2008 5:28 PM PDT: sounds like they are being smart about it.. prefering summaries means that there is a opinion or more description..
some copy/pasting is ok but not alot..

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