12/13 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Three questions with "Level_13" curator Jamie Schumacher in Chuck Terhark's City Planner at Culture To Go.

THESE DAYS

A report released yesterday by Democratic staffers in Congress found that official Capitol Hill gift shops were selling pins, pendants, charms, and spoons containing dangerous levels of lead.

Analyst company Forrester Research is claiming Apple's iTunes has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year.

WordNetDaily columnist Jim Rutz claims soybean products are a "devil food" turning kids into homosexuals.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Minnesota attorney Nathan Hines blogs on consumer laws and rights at the HLO.

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TIME WASTERS

Cassius Clay, before he was Muhammad Ali, and Liberace perform together on Jack Paar's television show.

FBI Agent George Lopez enlists former professional Ping-Pong phenom Dan Fogler to infiltrate a secret Far East society run by Christopher Walken in Balls of Fury.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life, and he uses my image to catapult himself on the public."

— 1970s motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, who's filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tampa against rapper Kanye West claiming infringement on his trademark name and likeness in West's video for "Touch the Sky" in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel"