Photo du Jour 164
SFist (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Photo by Tom Andrews/Flickr The art of homelessness.
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Another sneak peek from Rachael and Andrews wedding
Mandy Charlton Designs - The Blog (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Keeping the suspense going, I'm posting one more peek and I'll put a full post up at some point tommorrow with all the details of this wonderful event. Check back tommorrow for the whole story.
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Tom Bergeron With Tight Grip On Erin Andrews
Busted Coverage (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Dude, easy on the goods. You hurt her ribs and a huge group of pasty sports bloggers will be on your ass like white on rice. Tom Bergeron scored the luckiest assignment in the history of ABC programming; working (the spelling bee) and partying with Erin Andrews at Grand Slam Sports Bar at the D.C. Hyatt.
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Title and Summary Change for Proposition 8
boi from troy (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008 | US
The State Attorney General and Legislative Analyst have amended the language for Proposition 8’s Title and Summary. The new ballot label now reads: ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Changes California Constitution to eliminate right of same-sex couples to marry. Provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or [...]
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News: Smoltz to have Season-Ending Surgery
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008 | Sports
According, to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Braves RHP John Smoltz will have season-ending shoulder surgery. …added to by Matthew Cerrone… According to Mark Bowman at MLB.com, the Braves have scheduled an 11:30 am press conference at Turner Field, where they are expected to discuss the future of Smoltz. …i wonder if he’s going to announce his [...]
- Smoltz Shelved - Can't Stop the Bleeding
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Guy, Yes, Maybe, Guy, Guy (Your Results May Vary) [Ucla Undie Run]
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Having once lived in Westwood for 13 months, one would think that I would have noticed hundreds of UCLA coeds running around in their panties three times a year. But nope. The UCLA Undie Run was news...
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Garbage Tax for New Police Hires was Misleading
LAist (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Photo by Tom Andrews /LAist via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr It's always interesting to see public officials speak on the same subject and then put their words back to back. Last week LA Weekly published an article by David Ferrell taking aim at Villaraigosa's garbage tax . At issue, the garbage tax that sold to the public was on the premise that it was purely going to building the LAPD's force....
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Clout: Miss Rain Day: Nice work, if you can get it
City & Local News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
CLOUT is shocked, utterly shocked, at the allegations from state Attorney General Tom Corbett that House Democratic staff members engaged in political activity while on the public payroll.
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Now That's What We Call A Shield Law.
Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Remind Us To Add ... ... Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover to our Christmas card list. On Thursday, Hoover threw out subpoenas issued to 15 Pennsylvania journalists who were summoned to testify at a hearing on whether a special prosecutor...
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Some More Calls For Reform.
Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Well, That Didn't Take Long. Senate Republican bosses Joe Scarnati and Dominic Pileggi dashed off a letter to House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese yesterday afternoon, calling on him to spring around a half-dozen reform-minded bills sent over from the Senate....
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Eastward, Ho, Young Diners
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008 | Other
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London, UK In today’s Dining section, Frank Bruni awards three stars to the stalwart Oceana, Florence Fabricant considers the high/low culture of sliders, and, best of all, for East Village bohemians, Betsy Andrews discovers a hopping new Serbian place on Avenue C. Kafana is a home for ex-pats and [...]
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19 LAPD Officers to Face Punishment for 'May Day Melee'
LAist (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
LAPD officers were notably "relaxed" on May Day '08; not so much in '07 | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist Over one year after the May 1st protest turned violent in MacArthur park (earning the events of that day in 2007 the moniker "May Day Melee"), 19 members of the LAPD stand apart from the crowd, as they now face punishment for their role in the incident. Multiple civilians were injured, as hundreds...
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Royal Birkdale gets no respect
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Royal Birkdale Golf Club suffers, to some degree, the Rodney Dangerfield syndrome as it applies to hosts of the British Open.
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AFTRA Ratifies Contract with Movie Studios, Producers
LAist (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
SAG Members at a 'Solidarity Rally' on June 9, 2008 ( more photos here ) | Photo by Tom Andrews /LAist The votes came in and were counted: members of AFTRA--the nation’s second largest performers’ union--overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract with the AMPTP, who represents movie studios and producers, by a 62.4% margin. “Today’s vote reflects the ability of AFTRA members to recognize a solid contract...
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Tim Tebow's Summer Vacation Has Been Better Than Yours [Tim Tebow]
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I know, I know, but America's lust for Tim Tebow (and Erin Andrews) cannot be sated judging by the number of people who have sent this link to us. Put them side by side (and touching!) and it's like...
