On eBay, Reeling in Business Upstate
A Helping Hand for Eating Green
The PETA police don't miss much when it comes to eating of furry critters, so it makes sense that they've seized on Bill Clinton 's shift to a greener diet. Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, tells us she has encouraged Clinton to stay the course and even sent him some "faux chicken patties." And she feels Clinton's pain about the challenge of eating vegetarian, so Newkirk has offered him the services of PETA's chef.
For Info Minister, a New Kind of Flack
It was a joke when Jano Cabera gave himself the title of "minister of information" when he was the spokesman for Sen. Joe Lieberman 's 2004 presidential bid. But it's no joke with his new job. That's because Cabrera, who's also spoken for Al Gore and the Democratic Party, is off to Baghdad to teach political leaders how to communicate. "I've had to deal with incoming all my career," says Cabrera, who'll wear a flak jacket and travel in armored convoys as part of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. "But this will be a little bit different," he says. A friend suggests another motive: Cabrera's going into the war zone to pick up a few war fighting tricks to help his Dems back home.
The Virtues of a Hybrid Commute
Add Northern Virginia Republican Rep. Tom Davis to the growing converts to hybrid vehicles. But an aide says Davis didn't make the switch to the Ford Escape just to save at the pump. He jumped to cut his commute time, since Virginia lets one-passenger hybrid vehicles drive in the high-occupancy lanes during rush hours.
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