[ ]     Warminster's Brianna Taylor, 20, a dancer at Double Visions (1138 Easton Road, Horsham), will be a member of the cast on MTV's The Real World: Hollywood, starting April 16, reports Dan Gross on Philly Gossip. (Philly Gossip)

See the trailer here.

 

From the story:

 

Viewers may also recognize Taylor from the 2005 season of "American Idol," where she made the top 40….

…The singer, working on an album for Chamberlain Records, has eclectic musical tastes. Her ideal three-song stripper-set would consist of songs by Paramore, Rage Against the Machine and Michael Buble.

 

 

She’s got a ways to go to top Richboro’s Svetlana Shusterman from Real World: Key West.

 

[ ]   A New Jersey teen made a hit list, it included classmates, school staff and Chuck Norris. (Inky)

 

 

[ ]   Endless Campaign

 

-         Dem. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) is speaking now in Malvern, later in Bristol Twp.

 

-         The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) is using new TV spots with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Governor Ed Rendell. Clinton is set to be at Radio City Music Hall in New York tonight for “Elton-Hillary: One Night Only” a concert fundraiser with Elton John.(Courier Times Blog) 

 

-         Great Hilz-Obama- The Hills mash-up here. (Philebrity)

 

 

[ ]   American Airlines is canceling flights routinely. (phillyBurbs via AP)

 

 

[ ]     Gas prices may reach $4 per gallon. (Yahoo!)

 

 

-         The crunch cause by the sluggish economy in general is causing people to abandon pets at higher rates. (Courier Times)

 

From the story:

 

 “We've had realtors call us or landlords call us and say they've come into a place and the animals are sitting there with empty food bowls,” said Diane Schwarz, president of the Kitty Adoption Team in Blue Bell.

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Anne Irwin, executive director of Bucks County SPCA in Lahaska, said she encourages people to take their pets to a shelter instead of just leaving them to fend for themselves. It's always better for animal shelters to know the pet's name and history so it's more likely to be adopted.

 

“People should know that if they have to give up their animals because of a change in their circumstances, that this [SPCA] is a safe place to bring them. We accept any animal. We don't judge people for giving them up.”

 

 

-         Moving to places like Pennsburg (Montco) seems like not such a good idea anymore. (Inky)

 

From the story:

 

..About 5 percent to 7 percent of the nation's metropolitan commuters spend more than two hours a day getting to and from work, said Robert Dunphy of the Urban Land Institute, in Washington.

 

Such commuters often are pursuing a post-World War II idea that success is measured as a new house in the burbs. Expensive gasoline and the growing scarcity of developable land closer to job centers is threatening that ideal.

 

"Maybe that dream just isn't there anymore," Dunphy said, "that dream of being able to go and get your half-an-acre somewhere out there and bringing up your kids on a large lot."