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In 2004, Judge Spencer Letts gave Michael Banyard a new chance at life — and became his mentor. With Letts’ help, Banyard has found an unexpected source of strength.
Where was Michael Banyard?
via L.A. Times – California | Local News http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-streeter-20120604,0,4437927.story?track=rss
Enough about the impending heat, the descending sweat, the summer oppression that allows you to hate the parts of your body you don’t even think about the rest of the year. (Crease of the knee, you dastardly skin fold!) Washingtonians are doomed to hand-wring over the rising thermometers of June because we seek clues regarding the battle plans of our sworn enemy, August.
via Style: Culture, Arts, Ideas & More – The Washington Post http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo
Seven peregrine falcon chicks have settled into prime waterfront real estate — atop city bridges.
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The “Seinfeld” actor had made the controversial comments while appearing on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-alexander-apologizes-cricket-gay-game-332465?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories%29
Two notable Democrats have recognized the cosmic inevitability that Hillary Clinton will one day become president of a utopian future nation comprised of every North and South America nation. Okay, no one’s exactly said anything like that, but both Nancy Pelosi and Ed Whoops-I’m-Still-Talking Rendell believe that Clinton will make a bid for the White House in 2016. Pelosi said touchingly that she thinks she has a really good chance to see a female president in her lifetime because how could Hillary Clinton not be president? “Why wouldn’t she run?” Pelosi rhetorically asked the San Francisco Chronicle. “She’s a magnificent secretary of state. She’s our shot.”
Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, — which sort of sound like the beginning of a climactic chapter in a novel about Amish werewolves — former Governor Ed Rendell said with typical Philadelphia bluster that, not only has he been haranguing Clinton to run for president whenever she has downtime during her busy travel schedule, he’s also volunteered to serve as her campaign manager, for the price of on the house:
She is bone-tired – the job of secretary of state is far more grueling than that of the president, with the non-stop traveling, the constant jet lag, and the odd-hours phone calls to accommodate foreign officials’ schedules. Still I believe that when she gets some rest and has a chance to reflect on what she wants, the challenges facing the country will be too great for her to resist and she will change her mind.
“Gee, thanks, Ed!” is probably what Clinton texted him before then photoshopping a picture of him with cheesesteak all over his face and showing it to Angela Merkel for a hearty, international laugh.
Nancy Pelosi skilled in art of political warfare [San Francisco Chronicle]
Ed Rendell: I Believe Hillary Will Run [Buzzfeed]
via Jezebel http://jezebel.com/5915310/everybody-and-their-mothers-think-hillary-clinton-should-run-for-president
A roundup of legal news in the entertainment industry.
via Hollywood Reporter – THR, Esq. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/hollywood-lawsuits-megaupload-dismissal-332187
The Romney team plans to double down on its strategy of trying to keep President Obama on the defensive by refusing to let the focus stray from the struggles of average Americans.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/us/politics/romney-team-declares-war-with-boos-and-a-surprise-event.html
Major TV networks have begun striking ad-sales deals for the fall season, winning higher prices over last year, despite resistance from one big advertiser, General Motors.
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Trying to limit damage from a weak jobs report, the White House is pressing for bigger action from Congress and searching for ways to prod Europe to do more to pump up global economic activity.
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Sue Mengers, who died in October, kept mementos from clients like Barbra Streisand and other celebrities like Jack Nicholson.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/hollywood-agents-estate-sale-displays-star-power/
