Stratford, NJ, USA*
I just thought it would be fun to get you caught up on a couple of the biggest local news stories of the day from a couple of cities I know pretty well.
Washington, DC
In my former city of Washington, DC, the big story was that today was the first day in Pearson v. Chung trial. Judge Pearson (yes, he’s a judge!) is suing a local dry cleaner for $54 million. They may or may not have lost his favorite pair of pants.
How did he arrive at that number? Well, they have a sign that says “satisfaction guaranteed,” and Judge Pearson won’t be satisfied unless he gets $1500 EACH DAY his pants are missing (even though they don’t seem to be missing at all). Furthermore, he now has to rent a car to drive to a new dry cleaner. So, that factors in. Not to mention the “emotional distress.”
You can follow the events of Day 2 live at the Washington Post.
Only in America!
Philadelphia, PA
Here in the Philadelphia TV market, we weren’t about to be upstaged by our neighbors to the south. No sir-ee.
Topping the local news here (at least on NBC10) is Lu Ann Cahn’s underwear.
Lu Ann Cahn is a local TV personality. She went on vacation. While she was away, her house-sitter had a party, and invited a guest who happened to be a comedian. The comedian thought it would be funny to go through Cahn’s underwear drawer and talk about it on the radio.
So what does Lu Ann do?
Rummage’s through this guy’s bedroom, of course!
AND, of course, talk about it. A LOT. Lu Ann Cahn has been teasing this all day. She had about 10 minutes on both the evening and late local news. Glory!
Oh, local news…..
*I have gone through periods when I have included a dateline city heading, and periods when I haven’t. In case you’re wondering, there is really no reason why. I always mean to include them, but I frequently forget. I’m trying to get back into the habit of including them.
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