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Three blogs in ten minutes. Is that a record?

DVD sales have been up since the Emmy's for ones featuring Jon Stewart and the late Johnny Carson.

Ed Helms and Horatio Sanz will perform at Yale on October 14th. That makes sense with the best comedy writers being Jewish and Yom Kippur takes place that week.

Jewish groups are pressing for Iran sanctions.

Meanwhile, pro-Israel lobbyists on Capitol Hill are cajoling members of Congress to support the Iran Freedom Support Act, which would expand the existing American sanctions on companies that invest more than $20 annually in Iran's oil and gas sectors. The bill would tighten sanctions on companies that invest in Iran's energy industry in the hopes of blocking money that could be used to produce nuclear arms.

The bill also provides for assistance to pro-democracy forces within Iran, and funding for independent media broadcasts to the country. The House of Representatives' Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, and Howard Berman, a California Democrat, are sponsoring the proposed legislation. The sponsors of the Senate version are Rick Santorum, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Evan Bayh, an Indiana Democrat.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Washington's pro-Israel lobby, has made pushing for sanctions on Iran its number-one priority in recent months.

This is a good move and I commend Senator Bayh for supporting it.

Coldplay and Oasis have cancelled their gigs in Houston this weekend due to the approaching Hurricane Rita, who is not as lovely as the meter maid.

Coldplay is going country. This is not a good move on their part. Many rock fans, even though Country and Western was a forebearer to rock and roll, do not like country music. I don't know how well this will play with the fans but I personally do not like it.

Martin, 28, is set to team up with legendary producer Timbaland in producing a country album, making it the fourth release from the "Clocks" band.

"Fix You" star Martin has been considering the venture for some time, and thinks that combining different genres of music is the way forward.

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