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"Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama raised at least $20 million during the past three months, and has brought in nearly $75 million this year, an amount that positions him to mount a vigorous bid for his party's nomination when the primary season starts in January. Sen. Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are likely to end the quarter with comparable amounts of money on hand, though Clinton has not yet released her totals." (WashPost)
"The star of new parenting show Bringing Up Baby got some Satisfaction from the wrinkly Rolling Stone with his then wife Jerry Hall just YARDS away.
Claire, now 41, had been employed to take care of the superstar couple's son Gabriel, then seven months old. But while Jerry played with the tot in the next-door bedroom, (Mick) Jagger swaggered into the kitchen of his hotel suite ... She recalled: 'I was making coffee when Mick came in. The kitchen was so small we kept bumping into each other. 'I enjoyed the closeness. Suddenly, Mick was stroking my hair, then we were in each other's arms. He hitched me up on to the breakfast bar and pulled down my jogger bottoms. We kissed passionately and the next thing I remember he was making love to me.' She continued: "It was all over very quickly and Mick carried on as though nothing had happened. He kissed me on the nose and said, 'OK, babe.' A few minutes later he was laughing with Jerry and cuddling little Gabriel." (Newsoftheworld)
"When Gore Vidal took the stage at the Athenaeum on Sept. 17, the focus of his conversation with CMC Media Studies professor James Morrison often wandered. But Vidal, 81, exercised his characteristically acerbic wit and demonstrated why he is considered a 20th century luminary ... In the opening minutes, Vidal cleared up any confusion that might arise: 'America, for all its faults, is still the greatest nation in the world.' Moments later, when asked to appraise the state of the union, Vidal said, 'I don’t need to do that anymore, because the state is so obvious.' So began a 45-minute exchange that provoked both laughs and enthusiastic cheers." (TSLNews)
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