Morning, Blogtownies! It’s Wednesday! Although granted, you probably already knew that. What about some news then, eh?

1. Wind gets a name. And “Tropical Storm” Andrea didn’t even have the decency to wait until the official start of hurricane season!

2. Director George Lucas, currently preparing to shoot Indiana Jones 4, and creator of Jar Jar Binks, describes Spider Man 3 as “silly”.

3. Rebel without an Observatory?! Fires are raging at Griffith Park in Los Angeles, where the famous observatory scene in James Dean’s Rebel Without A Cause was shot. So far, the building has survived. A Hollywood councilman seizes his moment in the spotlight, telling the New York Times: “The dance of this fire reminds me of how Mick Jagger dances on stage.” This is what we (loosely) in the journalism trade call giving good quote. That guy should get promoted, or at least, move to Portland. We need you here, sir!

4. Speaking of Portland and its incomprehensible, baffling Wild Westness, after a four month investigation, Portland’s District Attorneys have decided not to prosecute a fireman caught kicking a man on video camera in January, because they feel “it would be difficult proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he’s guilty of a crime.” You know, video footage of a man clearly kicking somebody three times while his colleagues pin the guy down, that’s dicey evidence for an assault charge, definitely. The man’s lawyers are pursuing a civil suit, and the fire department will now review the lieutenant’s behavior. He says it was “in self defense.”

4b. In other news, Portland’s District Attorneys have decided to reverse a charge of tax evasion against known Chicago gangster, Al Capone. “Everybody said he was a nice guy,” they told reporters. “It was impossible to pin anything on him.” Denying accusations of “being in bed with the mob,” the DAs drove off in swanky new black cars to front row seats at a Frank Sinatra concert, singing, “it’s my kind of towwwwn…”

5.Paris Hilton fires her attorney. Too late!

Have a good day, if possible…