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Good morning! Love the pics! These guys are true heroes.

And now for those not-so-heroic [reposting what I posted at the end of yesterday's thread:

To: Hillary's Lovely Legs

Lying History is much more accurate.
Hill's book headed for the NYT Bestseller list? Or no?
NO BIDS FOR BOOK EXCERPTS Hil book in a bind: Magazines not keen on excerpts
But three mags that have carried excerpts of other books - The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Vanity Fair and Newsweek - answered inquiries from the Daily News by saying they don't plan to publish a piece of Clinton's memoir.
The New Yorker also is believed to be staying on the sidelines.
It was unclear if all four of the mags were among those approached by Simon & Schuster, which bought rights to publish the former first lady's book around the world for $8 million.
At the same time, a U.S. News & World Report spokesman said the mag is interested.
Time and People, both owned by Time Inc., appear to be the other likely contenders.
Their level of interest may depend on how much Clinton reveals about her White House years and marriage.
Newsweek editor in chief Richard Smith told The News: "It's fair to say that, given our significant spending on Iraq and other international coverage, we're looking very carefully at any spending on optional items."
Meanwhile, more than a month before the book's release, there was evidence of why Simon & Schuster ordered a million-copy printing.
At online bookseller Amazon.com, "Living History" was ranked No. 2,630 in orders late Monday, the day Simon & Schuster announced the on-sale date and title. By late yesterday, the book stood at No. 73.
The rival BN.com showed the book at No. 618,267 on Monday, but up at No. 13 yesterday.
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Bill Clinton's "Between Hope and History," a collection of political views released on the eve of his reelection campaign, became a best-seller and then a big flop. Of the 500,000 copies printed, 425,000 remained unsold at the end of the year.

Geez, I didn't know that mags and newspapers had to pay an author to run excerpts of their book. (or is that an excuse?) Shouldn't the author pay the mag or newspaper? After all they're helping to sell the book.

I wonder what the real story is with this murder-suicide.

DAVIE, Fla. -- A prominent Democratic fund raiser and his business partner were found shot to death Tuesday in a banquet hall they owned, police said.

Jerome Berlin and his business partner, Michael Pecora, were found dead in a locked office on the second floor of the Signature Grand banquet hall in Davie, police said. Police believe the deaths were a murder-suicide.

Dating back to 1997, Berlin aided such well-known Democratic senators as Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Bill Nelson of Florida, according to Federal Election Commission fund-raising records.

He was acquitted in 1991 of federal charges that he and another lawyer conspired to defraud a securities investment firm in 1985. Full story