- So, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry came to the Capitol on Thursday to jam with some guitar-playing scientists. He and NIH chief Francis Collins sang a Dylansong. They were promoting funding for disease research: “Rock Stars of Science.” The Hill is a place of many wonders.
- Better than an iPod: Michelle Obama’sgift to the visiting G-20 spouses is a porcelain tea set with platinum and purple accents, plus honey from the White House beehive, the White House announced.
- Among the new appointees to the presidential commission looking into the creation of an American Latino museum: Emilio Estefan, Miami musician, husband of Gloria.
- Marilyn Manson: The latest celebrity swine flu victim. “Unfortunately, I am going to survive,” he announced on Facebook. Previous H1N1 stars: Rachel Maddow, Ron from “Harry Potter,” Sanjay Gupta.
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