Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check

Engaged (again):

Looks like RUSH LIMBAUGH is heading to the altar again. KATHRYN ROGERS will be his fourth wife after the ceremony, set for this week in West Palm Beach. Rush, who's 59, has been married three times before, Kathryn, who's 33, has never been married.
   According to KOKV-TV, Rogers is a direct descendant of founding father JOHN ADAMS; they first met in 2004 when she ran a golf tournament /fund-raiser for GARY PLAYER's charity and El Rushbo was a celebrity guest. She has reportedly been dating him since 2007, and wearing a ring on THAT finger for more than a year.

Filling a need:

iPhone users will appreciate the latest update to the Skype app. Skype 2.0 allows users to place free calls over 3G networks. According to PC World, Skype will start charging a "small monthly fee" for this in August. (Page)

Grace notes from Vinny Marino:

MICHAEL JACKSON left his father, brothers and sisters out of his will. The UK's News Of The World tabloid says the late entertainer's mother KATHERINE will get 100-million dollars. His children, PRINCE, PARIS and BLANKET are set to receive 33-million dollars each, but that money will be placed in a trust fund which the kids can't touch until they are 30. Their inheritance will be based on the total worth of Michael's estate, so when they are old enough to cash in, each child could get 300-million bucks. (Marino)

Off the beaten path:

Germany's first national strip poker competition was a huge success last week. Now, organizers want to the event to go global.
   According to Orange.co.uk, the contest included both professional and amateur players from all over Germany. And, it was a co-ed event. Hundreds of spectators watched the nekkid Texas hold'em tournament. And, several onlookers agreed that it was "a lot more interesting" than a regular game of poker.
   No word yet where or when the international version might take place. (Still)

Health and Medical Briefs:

Researchers at Ohio's Cleveland Medical Clinic have developed a possible breast cancer vaccine that may be able to wipe out the disease completely.
   Lead researcher Dr VINCENT TUOHY says, "We truly believe that a preventive breast cancer vaccine will do to breast cancer what the polio vaccine has done to polio."
   Tuohy's team developed a vaccine based on a protein commonly found in breast cancer tumors (the alpha-lactalbumin protein). Tested on mice, the vaccine stopped tumors from developing. "The drug also harnessed the power of the immune system to shrink pre-existing tumors by up to half, suggesting it could be used as a treatment as well as a vaccine."
   The need for large-scale studies will likely keep the vaccine off the market for another decade, but Tuohy hopes to begin carrying out smaller tests on women as early as next year. If successful, researchers say that general practitioners would be able to offer the vaccine to women before they reach their mid-40s, the age at which the risk of breast cancer rises steeply.
   While the vaccine is in testing, women can take these steps to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer: Maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly, and reduce alcohol consumption.
   Every month, about a thousand women die as a result of breast cancer and, in 2007, more than 45-thousand women were diagnosed. (Maiman)

Anniversaries:

   --Ten years ago (2000) the very first episode of "Survivor" --the first so-called "reality show"-- aired on CBS. Can you name all 16 contestants from the original? RICHARD, RUDY, COLLEEN, SUSAN, STACY, KELLY, GERVASE, GRETCHEN, JENNA, GREG, SEAN, BB, RAMONA, JOEL, DIRK, SONJA.
   Since then, we've been given "Big Brother," "The Amazing Race," "The Bachelor" and their second generation cousins, "American Idol," "The Biggest Loser" and shows with the word "dance" in them. Anywhere from a third to half of all programming consists of reality shows, pending the time of year.