A novel by the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller makes the Richard and Judy Summer Read shortlist.

"He said that to a lot of people." Mark Maleng , widow Judy Maleng and master of cere-monies Mike McKay stand next to an unveiled plaque that marks the renaming of the regional justice center in Kent as the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. via Capitol Hill Times Police Blotter

Well, it's a nice bit of synchronicity. My Provisional Fiancee-In-Blogging Emma Kennedy is going to be on the Richard and Judy Show tomorrow morning , and is rightly excited about it: as I understand it, the UK-US conversion rate is 1 Richard & Judy Show = .77 of a Regis & Kelly + .53 of an Oprah. And on Saturday morning, I'll be on the CBS Early Show. [620 words in article.]