Read this: Stephen Strasburg, Charlie Rangel, SAG Awards
Strasburg: Kicking the habit. (AP/H. Rumph Jr)
Steven Strasburg is trying to quit the chaw habit -- this is front page news? Actually, give it a shot: A surprisingly fascinating story about Major League Baseball's major smokeless tobacco problem will give you a lot to chew on.
How did a savvy old pol like Charlie Rangel -- censured by Congress, lost his Ways and Means chairmanship -- get himself in this bind? Those who know him "have noticed a changed man: hurt and somber," reports Wil Haygood. And reflective? "Goddamn right, I'm reflective!" says Rangel.
Amend your Oscar pool ballot: With "The King's Speech" haul at the SAG and DGA awards this weekend, it's almost certain to trounce "The Social Network" at the Academy Awards. (See also Celebritology.)
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