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NAME: Aaron ("Spell This") Spelling OCCUPATION: Producer of anti-intellectual TV shows BEST PUNCH: Launched a $100 million lawsuit against Guccione, claiming the masthead listing made it seem as though he approved of and endorsed the Biel pictures
DIED. SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS, 70, wildly theatrical rock singer; after surgery to treat an aneurysm; in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He was best known for his drunken rendition of I Put a Spell on You (1956), an underground classic replete with screams, grunts and gurgles...
...party faithful, one thing is clear - the sooner this race ends, the better. With McCain leading comfortably in polls of his home state of Arizona, which also holds a primary Tuesday night, a victory in Michigan could mean a party increasingly divided in the coming weeks. And that could spell bad news for the GOP come November...
...congressional panel's recommendation that the military suspend its controversial anthrax vaccination program will surely spell ongoing headaches for the military's top brass. After a mounting chorus of complaints from soldiers, the House Government Reform national security subcommittee on Thursday released a report urging that the inoculation of 2.4 million military personnel be halted until the procedure is further tested. Almost 400,000 troops have so far been inoculated, with at least 400 complaints of side effects, ranging from dizziness to severe thyroid problems...
...used to take place unchaperoned by any campaign aides are now more structured. Strategist Mike Murphy sits at McCain's right hand, playing hall monitor by clarifying positions and editing possible missteps the candidate might make. Murphy is a bottomless pit of tall tales and campaign spin who can spell the candidate from having to provide round-the-clock sound bites and chatter...