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To: Assignment Desk, Political Reporter, Daybook Editor Contact: Elliott Jacobson, 202-558-6394 or 202-460-8340 (cell) for Gravel for President 2008News Advisory: Former United States senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska, 1969-1980) will announce his candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. WHEN: Monday, April 17, 10 a.m. EDTWHERE: The National Press Club, Zenger Room, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20045Paid for by Mike Gravel for President 2008 http://www.usnewswire.com/-0-/© 2006 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/

'Gatemouth' Brown, legendary singer and guitarist, dies Musician fled to Orange before Hurricane Katrina wiped out his Slidell, La., home BATON ROUGE, LA. - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown , the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina. He was 81. Brown had been battling lung cancer and heart disease, said Rick Cady , his booking agent. Cady said the musician was with his family at his brother's house when he died. Brown's home in Slidell, La., a bedroom...

The charm-deficient Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. begins his MSNBC show tonight at 9 PM. The eternally bow-tied Chatworth Osborne, Jr. has spent his entire career trying to convince folks that even though he thinks of himself a conservative, he himself is utterly offended by real conservatives since he considers himself so much better than them. Fortunately for Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. there has been a market for liberal networks to hire self-styled conservatives with repulsive personalities so that whatever their views, they would be sure to turn off the average viewer.

Australian police made a grim discovery on Saturday, when the body of 46-year-old Paul Hester, who formed the popular rock group Crowded House with singer Neil Finn and bass player Nick Seymour in 1985, was found in Elsternwick Park near the drummer's Melbourne home, according to Australian daily newspaper The Age. Hester, who'd also played drums with Finn in New Zealand's Split Enz, was reported missing Friday night after he failed to return from walking his two dogs, police told The Age. Investigators have been able to rule out foul play, saying instead that Hester took his own life. Authorities...

Notice: Whoever's posting stories written by Bob wallace please cease and desist at once! I have no idea who this guy is or who is posting his stories, but whoever is doing it, please stop. He's demanding it be stopped or he will call his lawyer. He's also prohibiting me from posting his email message to me (or, you guessed it, he will call his lawyer). So, rather than post his email message, I'm posting this message: Do not post stories written by BOB WALLACE! Thank you. That is all.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Grammy Award-winner John Mayer ( news ) returned to his alma mater to be inducted into its Hall of Fame — and wound up in the headmaster's office. The 27-year-old guitarist and singer, a 1995 graduate of Fairfield Warde High School, decided to attend the induction ceremony but was barred because of what school officials said were security concerns. They said they had not expected the pop star to attend. "We were not ready for John Mayer," said Jim Conley, chairman of the school's Hall of Fame committee. Mayer said he was taken to the headmaster's office,...

Dear Fellow Citizens: After receiving numerous calls and requests for me to run for President of our great United States of America, I have decided to officially declare my intention to do so. As you know, a tremendous obstacle for me in this past primary race for Governor of California was the unfair exclusionary tactics of the media and our Republican Party to prevent me from participating in the major debates. However, as a result of Ralph Nader’s lawsuit claiming the very same unfair tactics concerning the debates, legitimate candidates can no longer be excluded from the debates in the...