Home Improvement Project Costs Out of Control // Wu-Tang Clan Album to Be Played Publicly for First Time // "Super Size Me" Director Morgan Spurlock Dies at 53 // Belated Thanks To All Who Have Fallen to Keep America Safe

GRATEFULNESS

• I am grateful for the first day of the work week being Tuesday
• I am grateful for a good weekend – I missed the mark on a few things, but – if we did all that we did in an unplanned weekend – it would have been considered a damn fine weekend
• I am grateful a working lawnmower – the grass is looking great but it is growing so fast

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

• — Basketball Hall of Fame member Jerry West in 1938 (age 86)
• — Author Maeve Binchy in 1939
• — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1944 (age 80)
• — Singer Gladys Knight in 1944 (age 80)
• — Actor Sondra Locke in 1944
• — Musician John Fogerty in 1945 (age 79)
• — Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass in 1947 (age 77)
• — Musician Jerry Douglas (Alison Kraus & Union Station) in 1956 (age 68)
• — Actor James Michael Tyler in 1962
• — Actor Christa Miller in 1964 (age 60)
• — Musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the United States of America) in 1965 (age 59)
• — Musician Kylie Minogue in 1968 (age 56)

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ENTERTAINMENT AND NON-POLITICAL HEADLINES

• Richard Dreyfuss Sparks Outrage, Massachusetts Theater Apologizes For His ‘Offensive and Distressing’ Remarks at ‘Jaws’ Screening
• Morgan Spurlock, ‘Super Size Me’ Director, Dies at 53
• Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Son Billy, 7, Successfully Underwent Third Open Heart Surgery: ‘Happy, Healthy Kid’
• Wu-Tang Clan album to be played to the public for first time at Mona

THE GOOD NEWS

16-year-old Wins $75,000 for Her Award-Winning Discovery That Could Help Revolutionize Biomedical Implants

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WHAT’S EATING CALE

Summer Home Improvement Project Takes a Sharp Turn Toward Hell

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