Reliable Source: Bob Packwood is back in the Senate, and some women (including senators) are not thrilled

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'Across the Isle' is not the dumbest political band name In a joint cameo appearance on the Tuesday night episode of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," Sens. Orrin G. Hatch and Cory Booker invited the sitcom's protagonist, Leslie Knope, to the performance in Georgetown of Their bipartisan Polynesian folk band, "Across the Isle." Were Tickets $ 8 in advance, an obviously excited Hatch Told Knope. "$ 10 at ...   Read full article »

Imagine seeing 'Malia Obama' on a college-admission application

Malia Obama's college search is ramping up. In a familiar ritual to many high-school kid and her parents, the eldest First Daughter visited the couple of New York City schools last week, where she kicked the proverbial tires (what's the cafeteria food like? Of the dorms have WiFi?) of NYU, Barnard and Columbia, According to news ...   Read full article »

Bob Packwood is back in the Senate, and some women (including senators) are not thrilled

Former Senator Bob Packwood on Tuesday returned to the scene of his scandal - the Oregon Republican resigned in 1995 in the face of expulsion for sexually harassing female Threats staffers - to testify about tax policy before the Senate panel. [READ: Back on Capitol Hill, former Sen. Packwood testifies on 'Getting to yes ...'] And while some members ...   Read full article »

5 Minutes with celebrity inner designer Michael Smith

We admit it: Peet's was a bad choice. When grabbing the cappuccino with celebrity Interior designer Michael Smith - the man responsible- for the Oval's 2010 makeover, the 2008 redo of the private quarters of the White House, and the places Cindy Crawford, Rupert Murdoch, and Michelle Pfeiffer call home - one does not suggest the neighborhood coffee shop. "Come to the ...   Read full article »