No-name Makes a Name by Not Running for President
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
CHIN OFF Edwards, Bayh
• Good Bayh: Two weeks in, Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh has dropped out of the '08 presidential race, leaving the Democratic ticket lacking a pretty candidate. But wait! Well-coiffed chinsmith John Edwards is expected to step up and announce his candidacy later this month.
• Yul Log (TiVo spoiler alert): By winning the 13th Survivor, 31-year-old Yul Kwon, a management consultant with degrees from Stanford and Yale, beat out a waiter for $1 million. After taxes, that's about $600,000, unless you're Richard Hatch; then it's $1 million.
• Colin back: On Face the Nation Sunday, Colin Powell said that increasing troops in Iraq is not the key to victory. Here's another idea for success: Don't help lie our troops into war.
• Tom the Ripper?: After the most efficient serial killer in recent history killed five prostitutes in Ipswich, England, police there have arrested Tom Stephens, a 37-year-old supermarket worker.
• Pursuit of Sappyness: Will Smith's cry-fest topped the box office this weekend, raking in $27 million.
• Firepole: In preparation for a role as a stripper, 14 day-sober Lindsay Lohan is learning to fight a pole with her thighs. The pole typically wins.
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