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Finally, the middle name was a plus. Source

Especially with the State Senate crisis ebbing, Gov. David A. Paterson’s move to make Richard Ravitch his lieutenant governor looks now more like a rash political stunt than a sober government action. Source

Blast your garden off to a great July with these chores — one for each day of the month. Source

I use my slow cooker a lot during the warmer weather – it keeps my kitchen cool. But I never make recipes that call for browning things on the stovetop before putting them into the slow cooker. I don’t want to expend the effort, or dirty two pans. Can I skip the browning step? Source

THE FAMILY MAN, by Elinor Lipman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 305 pp., $25. Source

THE SHOW “Dark Blue” Source

Abby Dobson is ready to start making some things happen. Source

TMZ.com, the entertainment/gossip Web site, has been leading the charge on the Michael Jackson mania for more than two weeks now, starting with being the first to break the news of his death 17 days ago. Source

Rating: “Bruno” Sacha Baron Cohen’s shock-and-ach du lieber follow-up to “Borat,” is a miss-or-hit mockumentary aimed at turning another of his “Da Ali G Show” guises into a pop-cultural phenomenon. Source

The Watergate Hotel, made famous by the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, is heads to the auction block Tuesday morning. Source