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• has on today's link dump: @TMobile_USA spinning off? Baby Einstein going to court. Blogging becoming old school? http://bit.ly/bQby4E #fb #
• might actually start watching American Idol again if they tab Howard Stern to replace Simon Cowell. http://bit.ly/bNJt4v (via @fox8news) #fb #
• figures Howard Stern is being considered for "American Idol" is so Fox can slap "VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED" on yet another show. #fb #
• @SeanGilbow EG = Emma-Grace, aka kid 1.0; J = Jacob, aka kid 2.0 :) in reply to SeanGilbow #
• just visited Burger King's drivethru, resisted replying a la Butt-head to the suggestive sell, "did I ask for orange juice? dumbass." ;) #fb #
• has a funny TGIF video. IMO one of the best movie trailers ever, albeit a tad dark humored. enjoy! http://bit.ly/6k1SMM #
• thinks with the rumblings of Deutsche Telekom splitting off @tmobile_usa – wouldn't it be interesting to see @google buy a stake in it? #fb #
• just had a customer service FAIL from Cuyahoga Falls Parks and Rec – would it kill them to show a little flexibility for a sick kid? #fb #
• has today's criminal genius: NY fugitive posts info on FB, MySpace; cops use it to bust him in IN. http://lin.cr/1mym (via @fox8news) #fb #
• @KevinHignett my guess is that this web article was ganked off an AP broadcast wire – which typically includes pronouncers for names. in reply to KevinHignett #
• reads: DC-area HS students get with report cards flyer from anti-gay group. Schools say they have to distribute them. http://lin.cr/1myr #
• just brushed snow off his car and thinks the snow is definitely of the "heart attack" variety: wet and heavy… #fb #
• had a harrowing slippery trip to the daddy daughter dance and is now in line with kid 1.0 waiting to get in. #
• @grouchyteacher thanks. :) it's the fourth time for kid 1.0 and me. she's doing the mandatory mingling now… in reply to grouchyteacher #
• has an on the spot report from the heavy snow in NE Ohio – enjoy! http://twitvid.com/5554E #fb #
• has a pint-sized perspective from his daughter on tonight's OH snow… http://twitvid.com/E17F7 #fb #
• has raw video of the snow in Cuyahoga Falls OH – http://twitvid.com/D6A75 #fb #
• @cssispoetry thanks, Blake. :) and Emma-Grace thanks you… in reply to cssispoetry #
• @edwardesposito thanks. :) I had to get some gas – was in downtown Cuy. Falls – and decided to shoot some video with the phone… in reply to edwardesposito #
• @nickbullimore you know what they say about the cost of dying: "the morbid the merrier." ;) in reply to nickbullimore #
• thinks he'll get to spend some quality time with his snowblower in the morning. yay! :~ #
• is so shocked (NOT!) that the Indians get only one game on Fox this season. http://bit.ly/bNv5hX #fb #
• has more school administrator lunacy, once again from NYC. http://bit.ly/9rQ9Qh #
• thinks this is sad: RI man busted for performing "do it yourself" minor surgical procedure on his dog. http://bit.ly/9mgpON #fb #
• applauds WA lawmakers for ditching plans to use sanitized term "at hope" instead of "at risk" to describe poor kids. http://bit.ly/9xtJpQ #
• @WEWS "going to get" some snow? I'm in Cuyahoga Falls and we've gotten hit pretty good already! :) in reply to WEWS #
• is sad to hear about the death of legendary media consultant Frank Magid. http://bit.ly/dygrJA (via @edwardesposito) #
• thanks @9to5to9 for sharing this very touching piece by @ck_lunchbox about a little boy. http://lin.cr/1nv6 #fb #

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  PITTSBORO, N.C. — A judge wants to put a sex tape of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards "under lock and key," demanding Friday that a former aide to the pilloried politician turn over the video by next week.

  Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones reprimanded Andrew Young during a brief court hearing in North Carolina for not surrendering the video when deputies went to retrieve it last week. Jones declared that the estranged Edwards confidant could face jail for contempt if he does not relinquish the tape and other items by Wednesday afternoon.

  "These items are to be produced and turned over to the court," Jones said. "The court will put them under lock and key – and under seal – until the lawsuit is resolved."

  Edwards’ former mistress, Rielle Hunter, had won a temporary restraining order against Young that sought the return of what she called a “very private and personal” video she made in 2006. She has also sued Young for invasion of privacy.

  The original sex tape is in an Atlanta safety deposit box, according to an affidavit filed by Young on Friday night. He says another copy has been turned over to the FBI, which has been investigating the money that exchanged hands during Edwards’ second White House campaign.

  An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment.

  Young, who initially claimed to be the father of Hunter’s baby, has written a tell-all book about how Edwards hid his mistress and child amid the 2008 White House campaign. The longtime aide wrote that he found a video in a “box of trash” Hunter had left behind at a home he rented in Chapel Hill.

  The tape, Young says, shows Edwards in a sexual encounter with a pregnant woman that Young believes to be Hunter. Young’s attorneys had argued that the tape Hunter was seeking appeared to be different than the one he has.

  Young told reporters after the court hearing that he and his wife, Cheri, were happy to comply and supply the items. He has previously said that he kept the tape as security and proof of his story while declining large financial offers for the video.

  “There’s a reason nobody’s ever seen the tape,” Young said outside the courthouse. He also said in his affidavit that he would turn over campaign videos and photographs shot by Hunter.

  Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, admitted for the first time last month that he fathered Hunter’s child, now almost 2 years old. He and his wife are now separated.

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