US – Tuesday, March 16

Photo: MARK SELIGER/GQEdwards’ lover talks to magazine
John Edward’s mistress, Rielle Hunter, spoke for the first time about their scandalous relationship that resulted in a love child in a lengthy interview with GQ magazine that hits newsstands today. Some excerpts:
 
Today’s celebrity babies and breakups
It seems like a stork (probably an arrogant, drunk, yet hilarious, stork) stopped by Paddy’s Bar and knocked up Sweet Dee with Mac’s baby.
 
How to spend your tax refund like a pro
Spring is in the air: It’s time to hunt down the best deal on this season’s must-have sandals, indulge in one too many candy Easter eggs and, oh yeah, do your taxes.
 
Jets Lose more than a coin toss
It’s tempting to say only the Jets could sign a future Hall of Fame running back and leave everyone talking about the coin toss they lost. This isn’t the time, though, for a same joke about the Jets.

 
Ex-AIG workers irked by payouts
Several former American International Group Inc. employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less retention bonus money than they should have received, their lawyers said yesterday.
 

Photo: GETTY IMAGESToyota: No proof of Calif. runaway Prius
Toyota representatives convened a news conference in San Diego, near the site of the March 8 report of the “runaway” vehicle, to announce preliminary findings of its examination of the 2008 Prius driven by James Sikes.
 
Lance Armstrong, the ongoing fight
Before cancer touched my own life, I rarely thought about the disease. When I was 25, it nearly killed me. An advanced form of cancer had spread throughout my body. My chances of surviving were poor. Even more remote was the possibility that I’d be able to compete as a professional cyclist again.
 
 
 
Can’t be St. Patrick’s Day without a little whiskey
Look — no matter how many Guinnesses we throw down today, we’re never going to be as Irish as Colum Egan,  the master distiller at Bushmills. Egan oversees the entire whiskey-making process, from milling, yeasting, fermentation, distillation and aging. And since Bushmills has been producing the Irish spirit at the same distillery since 1608, he knows a thing or two concerning drinking and St. Patrick’s Day.
 

New York Going Out
Where to celebrate in the city
Almost every single bar in the city will be serving up beer and other specials for St. Patrick’s Day, but here are our picks for places that have the extra luck of the Irish.
 
 
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MMMpod
The March MMMpod features conversation and music from Surfer Blood and The Allman Brothers Band (There's a double-bill you're not too likely to see. However, Gregg Allman does mention Hannah Montana!). We also speak with Vampire Weekend and the Dropkick Murphys.
 
 
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How to spend your tax refund like a pro
Spring is in the air: It’s time to hunt down the best deal on this season’s must-have sandals, indulge in one too many candy Easter eggs and, oh yeah, do your taxes.