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CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Diablo Cody meets John Malkovich and David Duchovny, plus an update on her magically growing breasts at Pussy Ranch.

Read Peter S. Scholtes' review and view Tony Nelson's photos of Maria Isa's CD-release party in our gallery section.

Steve Monaco offers a tongue-in-cheek Guess the Actor quiz at Couch Pundit.

Music fans who missed Seattle's Sasquatch music festival can check out reviews and pix of the Beastie Boys, the Hold Steady, Greyhound, Arcade Fire, and more here.

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THESE DAYS

The Secret Service has begun training agents to fill 103 full-time slots to be part of George W. Bush's retirement detail.

Inmates in South Australia prisons will be barred from obtaining medication for erectile dysfunction under a state government crackdown.

Manitoba First Nations are seeking compensation from Manitoba Telecom Services for every cellphone signal that passes through First Nations land, saying the airspace should be considered a resource like land and water.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Nate Hessburg is an actor living in Minneapolis blogging about roller coasters, PS3 gaming, and movies at Rantings of my Normal Life.

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I recognize there are a handful there, or some, who just say, 'Get out, you know, it's just not worth it. Let's just leave.' I strongly disagree with that attitude. Most Americans do as well."

— Pres. George W. Bush, at a Rose Garden news conference last Thursday. In a CBS/New York Times poll released the following day, 63 percent of Americans supported a troop withdrawal timetable of sometime next year.