A powerful D.C. lobbying firm co-founded by former Clinton associate John Podesta has been hired by the L.A.-based marketer of nutritional supplements. Presumably, the firm will try pushing back efforts to launch a federal inquiry into Herbalife's business practices.

Guessing when employment gets back to "normal" misses the point of what's happening to the economy. Jobs that were lost over the last five years are never coming back.

Then again, it's Anthony Weiner, the NY mayoral candidate who makes the real housewives of New Jersey look like Middle East scholars.

I know this is crazy thinking, but does it make sense to have all those blockbusters competing for the same limited audience within the same limited time span? Whatever happened to, say, March?

The relative success in California isn't surprising, given the numbers of early adopters - as well the state's bent on new technology. Tesla, in particular, has gained high-end cache in parts of the Westside.

Lawmakers have tentatively decided that the economic benefits of attracting entertainment productions aren't worth the tax revenues lost from overly generous incentives.

The two companies announced the agreement after an impasse that lasted more than four weeks, leaving around 3 million subscribers in L.A., N.Y., and Dallas without CBS programming.