He's the next mayor
I left LA for Chicago why?
Former Current TV reporter Laura Ling's book with her sister Lisa Ling, "Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home," is due out today from Harper-Collins. Speaking of due, the blogger at Epicanthus says that Laura Ling is on schedule to give birth to her first child in June. Ling was freed from captivity in North Korea during a visit by Bill Clinton last August.
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