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Morning Buzz: Friday 8.8.08
- Times national editor Scott Kraft addresses the paper's handling of the John Edwards-at-Beverly Hilton story. Blog
- Supervisor Don Knabe changes his mind and says he will vote to place the sales tax measure on the November ballot. LAT, DN
- Both the Times and Daily News get at the back story behind the smelly deal to bring controversial ex-DWP official Raman Raj back as Chief Operating Officer, spice up his pension and propose multi-million dollar contracts with firms that employed Raj as a consultant. Not a good week for David Nahai.
- Sad press release of the day: Lt. Gov. John Garamendi Kicks Off the Olympics...in Sacramento.
- DMV offices will not be open on Saturdays this month due to the state budget crunch. LAT
- A bronze, life-size bust of surfing legend George Freeth was stolen from the Redondo Beach pier. Daily Breeze
- Manny Ramirez hit his fourth home run as a Dodger. This time they won. LAT
- Kitty Felde's play "A Patch of Earth" is not a morality tale, but it does deal with moral questions. Pasadena Weekly
- Eugene Tong, content manager for the Daily News website, is leaving Aug. 13 after 5-plus years at the paper.
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