Week Around the Ists
- DCist had a busy week: they provided up-to-the-minute information on a gunman who held hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, recapped the Restoring Honor rally in photographs and liveblogged a high-profile debate between the city's two leading candidates for mayor.
- Philyist had a busy week, first celebrating its relaunch, complete with new look, and then finding a way to
make 90210 Day relevant. - LAist wondered if the Senator and the Sheriff's stand against legalizing marijuana is just "rhetoric" that will be tested if--when?--the voters pass the measure making pot legal in the November election.
- Seattlest got down with the musical stylings of local acts, big names, comedy, film and more at Bumbershoot.
- Gothamist was both horrified and amused by the fight that broke out in the stands of the U.S. Open between a 27-year-old man and a middle-aged woman and her 75-year-old father. They are all now banned from the Open through 2012 and have filed civil harassment charges
against each other. - SFist didn't think Obama looked like a "wuss" wearing a bike helmet.
- Chicagoist gave its readers a behind the scenes tour of how Jelly Belly jelly beans are made.
- Londonist heard how Tony Blair almost ordered a passenger jet to be shot down over London in the aftermath of 9/11, while one of the current Prime Minister's Twitter accounts has been restricted after bending the rules.
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