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This week, ABC wraps up the latest season of "Dancing with the Stars" (8 p.m. Monday and 9 p.m. Tuesday.) Not content to let the "with the Stars" cash cow go, though, it's premiering a new celebrity sports competition - "Skating with the Stars" - immediately after Monday's "DWTS. Just like "DWTS," "Skating with the Stars" takes a collection of folks who very loosely fit the definition of a star (a Real Housewife, a Disney kid, etc.) and pairs them with professional ice skaters. If this sounds familiar, it's because Fox did it in 2006.
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A 44-year-old third-term Republican congressman from Mesa, Ariz., Jeff Flake, last Wednesday burnished his credentials as "Miss Uncongeniality" in the House of Representatives. He introduced 12 amendments to the Transportation-Treasury-HUD appropriations bill removing earmarks of individual House members, including two by chief appropriator Jerry Lewis. All of Flake's efforts failed. That brought to 26 earmarks unsuccessfully proposed by Flake for removal from appropriations bills since May 24. There was no close vote and no serious debate. Republican and Democratic leaders alike voted to preserve earmarks. Ironically, the House Budget Committee on Wednesday approved a line-item veto enabling President Bush to eliminate earmarks.
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Survivor Ashley Underwood got to show her Maine chops Wednesday night during a log-rolling immunity challenge. She didn't win immunity, but did prove she is a card-carrying member of the Pine Tree State by making it to the finals of the challenge.
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After watching two drenched lumberjacks emerge from a pool of water where an abandoned log rocked in the manmade waves, 8-year- old Logan Pasker declared he might have a shot at log rolling. I tried that once at school with a trash can," said Pasker, of New Vienna, Iowa. "It wasn't in water, but I was pretty good at it.
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The proposed ballot amendment that would establish a "strong mayor" system in Colorado Springs would change eight sections of the city charter, in apparent violation of the single-subject ordinance. That measure, adopted by the City Council in 1995, was written in hopes of ending "log rolling," in which "diverse and unrelated matters" are bundled together in a single ballot measure, clouding voters' ability to understand what might be at stake.
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Marlana Valdez, Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler's choice for independent monitor of the state's juvenile justice system, has been "surprised" by the widespread scrutiny and allegations of Montgomery County "log rolling" her nomination has caused. But as she prepared Monday for her first day of work on Wednesday by brushing up on the short-but-eventful history of the lightning- rod monitor group, Valdez focused on her qualifications to do some scrutinizing of her own.
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did you know ...? - Each American consumes a yearly average of 23.2 quarts of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, ices and other commercially produced frozen dairy products. - The Northern Central states have the highest per capita consumption of ice cream at 41.7 quarts. - More ice cream is sold on Sunday than any other day. - The most popular flavor of ice cream in the U.S. is vanilla (27.8 percent), followed by chocolate (14.3), strawberry (3.3), chocolate chip (3.3) and butter pecan (2.8). - The average number of licks to polish off a single scoop ice cream cone is approximately 50. Sources: Mintel; NPD Group's National Eating Trends In-Home Database; Cowabunga Ice Cream History The history of ice cream and the cone: The true origin of ice cream is unknown. However, reports of fro...
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After watching Dan McDonough and Marvin Weeks climb out of a pool of water, their black jeans soaked, Dave Weatherhead stifled a chuckle. It's as easy as falling off a log," he said.
