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New York State Department of Labor cancelled an unemployment for a person that earns money with the Google AdSense program from blogs, about $1 per day ($30 per month).

As Forbes says in an article, the New York officials failed to yield a clear response as to whether Google AdSense payments is residual or self-employment income.

Federal Trade Commission establish new rules beginning with December 1 for bloggers, forcing it to disclose any payment they receive for reviews. This applies for advertisers as well as for celebrities. The penalties are up to $11,000 for the violation of these rules. Richard Cleland, assistant director for the division of advertising practices at the FTC, said that "given that social media has become such a significant player in the advertising area, we thought it was necessary to address social media as well."

While FTC is a specific US institution, I do not understand how these rules will be applied to the bloggers belonging to other nations, that comply with their own nation rules. Besides, as stated by Rick Calvert, chief executive of the blogger conference BlogWorld & New Media Expo, there are "tens of millions of blogs, podcasts and other forms of new media content out there and growing every day," so it is difficult to enforce the FTC rules.

Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was listed by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he was "kicking it". However, he died from the disease just eight months afterwards. (Wikipedia)

The funeral of Michael Jackson on July 7, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, consisted of a private family service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Hall of Liberty in Hollywood Hills, followed by a public memorial at the Staples Center. After the public service, family members and close friends attended a Beverly Hills private gathering. (Wikipedia)

Michael Jackson: A requiem for a king
Los Angeles Times