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Oct 26 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Blair, Colbert, Jerry Springer...

-Terrific news to everyone amused by how poorly our democracy works: Stephen Colbert might actually win South Carolina! [E&P]

-Tony Blair's book deal? Worth about $9 million. [NYT]

-The sponsors of CNN's Planet in Peril were not a terribly green bunch. Radar

-No less a thespian than Harvey Keitel will perform the role of Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer: The Opera in Concert. [AP]

-Palestinian militants claim they're using Google Maps to target their rockets on Israeli towns. Kinda puts the whole "Gawker Stalker Maps endangers celebrities" thing into perspective, huh? [NYP]


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