Bridget Hall Contesting Drunk Driving Arrest

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Bridget Hall is contesting her arrest for driving while intoxicated last Sunday morning, Page Six reports. The supermodel was pulled over at 3:17 a.m. on August 29 in East Hampton, New York, and allegedly released on her own recognizance, meaning she promised to appear in court and answer a criminal charge. Now, Hall says that she wasn’t drinking at all and has hired lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo to fight her case.

Hall told Page Six, “I would never drink and drive, God forbid that I would ever hurt anybody. I respect the law. I was tired and that was it,” adding, the police “asked me to do the sobriety tests, which went fine. When he asked me to do the Breathalyzer, I was happy to do it because I’d not had one drink that night….I was totally shocked when it registered positive.” Hall is an East Hampton resident, having moved to the town last spring. Her court date is scheduled for September 30.

Hall is best-known for her Sports Illustrated shoots from the early aughts and walking the runway for Ralph Lauren, Chanel and Gucci, and while New York Magazine has her listed as mostly-retired, Hall is still signed to One Management.

Bridget Hall Contesting Drunk Driving Arrest

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:41:34 +0000

Michael Russnow: Cutting Meat and Switching Hands to Eat: It’s the American Way, Though Not in Films or TV

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:07:08 +0000

On a recent trip to Germany, I was cutting my pizza with a knife and fork, and as I brought the food to my mouth, my friend German TV Star Andreas Stenschke said, “What are you doing?”

He’d previously criticized me for wanting to slice the pizza in sections, admonishing me not to pick up the slice in my hands in a proper Italian restaurant. “This is not Pizza Hut!” he exclaimed. It seemed a little bossy, but he is quite Teutonic, though Andreas is normally amiable (take a look at him). Since I was doing what I was told I was starting to become neurotic.

Apparently what caught Andreas’ attention was that I cut my pizza with my right hand, holding the fork in my left and then, having done so, put the knife down and placed the fork in my right hand as I speared the food on its way to be eaten.

Sen. Ron Wyden: Missing the Point

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:54:41 +0000

In December of 2006, I introduced the Healthy Americans Act to reform the nation’s health care system. Some on both sides of the aisle liked my bill, while others on both sides of the aisle did not. But the time has long since passed for debating the merits of the Healthy Americans Act. While I like to think that the legislation I spent many years developing helped advance and inform last year’s debate, it became pretty clear at the beginning of 2009 that the White House and the Congressional leadership of both parties wanted to go a different way.

It’s correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition. But instead of spending the year on the sidelines criticizing my colleagues and advocating for my personal approach, I spent the year looking for opportunities to improve the legislation that WAS advancing through Congress. The same can be said of my health advocacy today, as I continue to look for ways to improve what is now law.

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Malcolm Levene: The Intuitive Tailor

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:39:00 +0000

Design, nuance and attractiveness are the three characteristics that make any clothing item truly desirable. How to find the right design, nuance and attractiveness that suits you.
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Judge Overturns Nebraska Ban On Flag Mutilation, Siding With Westboro Church’s Right To Protest Military Funerals

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:31:21 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge overturned Nebraska’s ban on flag mutilation Thursday, clearing the way for Kansas church protesters to continue trampling on the U.S. flag when they protest at military funerals.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said the law can’t be applied as long as Megan Phelps-Roper and fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church “otherwise act peacefully while desecrating the American or Nebraska flag during their religiously motivated protests.”

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Sec. Hilda Solis: Fighting for Workers this Labor Day

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:21:21 +0000

For most people, Labor Day marks the end of summer or back to school and for many an election season. For me, Labor Day has always been what it was originally intended to be: a day to celebrate the contributions that working men and women have made to the strength and prosperity of the country.

It’s become somewhat of a tradition for Labor Secretaries to use Labor Day to speak on the status of the American worker – to give a “State of the American Worker” report, if you will.

Some have made remarks from podiums. Others have testified on Capitol Hill. Some have chosen to address think tanks, corporations, or labor unions. I want to talk directly to you – the American worker.

Ellen Sterling: Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:39:45 +0000

Ray LaMontagne is living his dream and, unlike so many dreams, his seems to have never been a soft, misty vision. Talking to him, it is clear that his dream — writing and performing music — came upon him with a force that was so overwhelming he had to pursue it. That the dream has come true is easy to see by the fact that God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise, his fourth album, was released two weeks ago and debuted this week on several of the Billboard charts: at #3 in the Top 200; at #1 on the digital, rock and folk charts and at #4 on the Canadian chart.

During an interview Wednesday prior to his Friday night gig with David Gray at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, he apologized a couple of times for not being as “articulate” as he’d like, saying he felt “sluggish” but, in truth, he expressed himself beautifully, painting pictures with the spoken word every bit as detailed as the pictures he paints with music. For a while LaMontagne didn’t do interviews as every interviewer seemed to want to talk about his life story, a 20th century tale of Dickensian poverty and dislocation all across America.

“My backstory is so tedious,” he says, “I hope the interviews are turning a corner now.,” but he does acknowledge that his early life is part of his music. “I guess it influenced me in every way possible. You really cannot separate yourself from your experience. I probably wouldn’t be a songwriter if I didn’t grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess I earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that’s served me well.”

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Allergan Botox Settlement Totals $600 Million

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:12:35 +0000

Allergan, the maker of Botox, agreed on Wednesday to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold the drug through 2005 for unapproved uses like treating headaches.

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Allergan Botox Settlement Totals $600 Million

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Allergan, the maker of Botox, agreed on Wednesday to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold the drug through 2005 for unapproved uses like treating headaches.

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Bridget Hall Contesting Drunk Driving Arrest

Bridget Hall Contesting Drunk Driving Arrest

Michael Russnow: Cutting Meat and Switching Hands to Eat: It’s the American Way, Though Not in Films or TV

Sen. Ron Wyden: Missing the Point

Malcolm Levene: The Intuitive Tailor

Judge Overturns Nebraska Ban On Flag Mutilation, Siding With Westboro Church’s Right To Protest Military Funerals

Sec. Hilda Solis: Fighting for Workers this Labor Day

Ellen Sterling: Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does

Allergan Botox Settlement Totals $600 Million

Allergan Botox Settlement Totals $600 Million