If you forgot some reading and writing material on the Great Lawn in Central Park last night, here it is. Presumably you went to the New York Philharmonic concert there, which marked 50 years of the Concerts in the Parks series. It was a nice show but hectic—the unexpected rain forced an early intermission, caused a…

The city of Saratoga Springs, New York has a problem: homelessness. I mean, the problem is not that Saratoga Springs residents are forced to sleep on the streets—the problem is these homeless citizens are sleeping in City Hall. How are the city fathers supposed to conduct their important business of helping out…

Good news, residents of poverty-stricken states where low tax revenues from weak economies fuels massive public service cutbacks which fuels a decline in quality of living which fuels further exodus of moneyed citizens in awful downward spiral: we've found a way to bolster your stretched-to-the-breaking-point police…

Do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do abstinence spokesperson Bristol Palin and Jersey Shore's aggressive hook-up artist The Situation aren't the best choices for an abstinence PSA, mostly due to their bad acting skills. They also use the word "situation" 17 times in two minutes. Awful.

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman reported for jury duty, and made it into the pool for a trial. Asked whether anyone had scheduling conflicts, the eBay billionaire said she was busy running for governor. She was neither selected nor excused.

A tipster says Marc Jacobs wore a red plaid kilt to jury duty on Monday and Tuesday. (His boyfriend is known to hate kilts—does that mean they're off again?) Well, at least he's not skirting his civic duties!

Consider this a public service announcement. The least you could do is call the woman who is 50 per cent responsible for your existence and (probably) genuinely cares when she asks how you are.

After realizing they look like huge assholes to everyone outside of the finance industry, GOP senators have decided to allow a debate on the financial regulation bill to begin today. "We owed the American people our best effort." [NYT]

So Alec Baldwin would like run for office some day, maybe. Possibly soon! After all, he's almost 50. And 50 is when you are allowed to "run the world," he says. "There's no age limit on running for office, to a degree. [It is] something I might do one day," the amusingly intense actor tells 60 Minutes this Sunday. Ha…