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...idea if that's how diamonds are made, but surely America is tough enough to suffer through some bad geological analogies. That's how strong we are. And because of that, we are about to be rewarded. While all of unemployed America spent eight hours watching a Ryder truck filled with ballots travel at the speed limit across Florida, one brave woman in Los Angeles saw that truck as a way to bring joy to this chad-torn country. Or at least to make some cash...
Sherri Spillane--Mickey Spillane's ex-wife and the talent agent who has represented Joey Buttafuoco, John Wayne Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, Kato Kaelin, Rudy from Survivor and Judge Ito impersonator Randall Tamayei--got the idea to sign Tony Enos, the guy who drove the Ryder truck. Actually, what happened was that Amanda Ripley, who sits down the hall from me, called Spillane and asked if she had signed anyone from the Florida scandal, which inspired Spillane to call Enos. So, really, it's a beautiful story about an intrepid reporter, a scrappy agent and democracy itself coming together to create...
Spillane is not at all fazed by the fact that nobody has seen Enos' face or knows his name. In fact, she seems to think it's a plus. "It hit me that this is the most famous truck driver since the O.J. Simpson case but no one in the media ever mentioned him," she says. Knowing how society values the truck driver du jour, Spillane called Good Morning America, Rosie O'Donnell and Regis Philbin. She also called Ryder about getting Enos on some TV spots. She hasn't heard back from them yet, so she's calling some...
Water from the pipe flowed into the street, leading the police to stop traffic in the area early yesterday morning. By mid-afternoon, three of four lanes were open. Salt and sand truck were standing by to keep the road from freezing over after nightfall...
That's still far off the budget of $3 million to $10 million the state allocated this year when lawmakers voted to refund 30% of the price of a new car or truck to anyone who agreed to convert the vehicle to run on propane or natural gas. In addition, the state promised to pay for every conversion...