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Extra, Extra: Obama's Twitter Town Hall Was #Boring
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 6, 2011
Modified Jul 6, 2011
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- President Obama's Twitter Town Hall didn't really have any new news—he just got to sidestep questions.
- How potholes get filled.
- After Matt Dillon complained about a proposed Calle Ocho restaurant on his street possibly being too noisy, the owners have agreed to make sure The Flamingo Kid isn't disturbed.
- Something for that group of people who LOVE Harry Potter and LOVE Wall Street Journal hedcuts.
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wife has an enemies list of everyone who spit at them.
- Did Charles Barron and his Assemblywoman wife improperly give $350,000 in taxpayer funds to a former aide's organization?
- The State Attorney who oversaw the prosecution of Casey Anthony made the rounds on morning talk shows today.
- Ben Affleck once lost $400,000 in a poker game to the head of Universal Pictures.
- And Elizabeth Hurley is going to be on Gossip Girl—xoxo!
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