• Pass the mic: Professional talker Don Imus returns to the airwaves Dec. 3 after a nine-month forced hiatus. Possible first guest: Dog Chapman.

• Alma matters: Hillary Clinton tells Wellesley women that the all-girls school "prepared me to compete in the all-boys club of presidential politics" (read: how to wear masculine pantsuits).

• Goin' south: Comedian Stephen Colbert's bid for a spot on the South Carolina primary ballot is rejected by the state's Dems. The self-proclaimed "favorite son" of the Palmetto State still has a shot with the GOP, which likely considers his views neither outrageous nor ironic. The jokes are over anyway?

• Kindergarten Couric?: After specifying no media questions at a fundraising event in Durham, North Carolina, Barack grants a five-year-old girl an exclusive.

• Strike my posing: Hillary's handlers explain that the senator stood up a Vogue team that included Annie Leibovitz last week because the publication is "too elitist" and might appear "too glamorous."