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Former SF Chron editor Phil Bronstein looks at Jerry B's all-but-declared gubernatorial bid: "Still, why is he doing this? Knowing him, it's because of his obsessive mission to spend his life solving the deepest political puzzles. In 2012 Brown will be staring at a state rigged for disaster." Whee! Bonus pullquote: "Earlier this year Brown himself called me to plant a possible story about Newsom selling a condo for a suspiciously high price in a distressed market. I thought, Come on, really?" (Esquire)
- The EFF wants to find people whose laptops have been searched at the U.S. border. It and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers want to find plaintiffs for a legal challenge. (BoingBoing)
Entertainment section:
- As soon as we're finished with this post, we can get back to watching clips from the late-night shows. "O’Brien, who has hired Hollywood attorney Patricia Glaser of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro LLP, stands to get $25 million to $50 million if the network replaces him, two people with knowledge of the situation said this week." (BusinessWeek)
- Antwon Tanner, an actor on something called "One Tree Hill," is going to jail. "He pleaded guilty to selling more than a dozen Social Security numbers for $10,000 to an undercover agent." He couldn't claim he was researching a guest spot on CSI: Loserville? (CBS News)
— Brian McDonough
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