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… then the world NY Daily News: Terror threat to restaurants as Al Qaeda calls for attacks on government workers in D.C.

NFL Bar Watching Guide [FamousDC] Napoleon Dynamite [cartoon]

The former Notre Dame coach is heading down to Florida to hold a fundraiser for Florida GOP state Rep. Sandy Adams who is running for Congress. [pep talk] We imagine Lou will warm up the crowd with one of his memorable motivational speeches. Just a warning to those sitting in …

This week FamousDC super fan Jeffrey Ostermayer turned the dirty thirty. Come join him at the Top of the Hill this Saturday to help in celebrating his ability to now tee off from the white tees with a little less embarrassment. Please also be nice to him as his Tigers …

Mary Katharine Ham got a new gig, neighbors in Georgetown – who asked not to be quoted by name, said the couple generally kept to themselves, Christine Sequenzia is FamousDC, congrats to Julie and Mike Shutley on the birth of their baby girl, Christine O’Donnell is Mark LeMunyon, Tiger Woods …

Whoever sent Sarah Palin to the John Kerry School of Campaigning should be commended. Bob Lowry: Sarah Palin strays from politics in $1 million fundraising speech for Montgomery school The former Alaska governor tried a takeoff on the importance of college football in Alabama, but it backfired on her, likely …

POLTIICO’s Ben Smith: MTV screening Obama’s audience for views, looks “We’re just trying to get the broadest, most diverse audience possible,” she said, denying that either Republicans or ugly people would be screened out. “We want to have divergent points of view – we’re not looking for a single-view audience.

NFL Bar Watching Guide [FamousDC] The Week in Events [Cloture Club]

Remember to tell CQ-Roll Call’s Tom Williams happy birthday today.

We were confused too. Here’s a good explanation.

Milestones: Tom Brady gets his 100th win and a day later @notnotgindy Tweets his 1,000th Tweet. These are special times we’re all living in. To mark this historic milestone @notnotgindy created a graphic of his Tweets over time:

NOW at Night is the Corcoran’s new annual fall event, planned by the Corcoran Contemporaries to support and celebrate NOW at the Corcoran, the museum’s new contemporary art program.  On view now is work by Spencer Finch, whose incredible blue cloud installation glowed on Friday night from Corcoran’s central Rotunda …

Didn’t Mr. Spitzer get in a little trouble last time he started calling random 800 numbers? The Hill’s Kris Kitto: 20 Questions with Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker So how did this duo come about? Spitzer: The Yellow Pages. TV hosts have an 800 number you can call.

[INSERT POLITICIANS & BEDBUGS JOKE HERE] POLITICO’s Erika Lovley: Health, safety risks alleged at CVC

Evan Williams steps down; Jack Daniels to lead product development. Washington Post: Evan Williams: Twitter CEO no more In keeping with Twitter’s ethos, Evan Williams, the chief executive of the micro-blogging social media site, took less than 140 characters to announce the company’s latest strategic change. He took 133 characters, …