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Contrary to Tuesday’s heavily discussed rumor, actor Alec Baldwin won’t be replacing former “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday. (more)

1.) It’s official: Everybody hates Genachowski’s plan to regulate the Internet — And yes, we do mean everybody: The lefty nutters at Free Press, former comic Al Franken, Republican FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell, and now, a group of Senate Republicans. The beef from the left–Franken, Free Press, and the supposed two million Americans who accidentally signed petitions thinking they were entering a contest for free Krispy Kreme–is that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposed framework does not do enough to control the Internet. For instance, liberals are unhappy that cable companies would still have incentives under Genachowski’s policy to invest in creating faster, stronger, and better services, access to which could be priced at a higher rate than existing Internet services. Meanwhile, Republicans and McDowell are concerned about what the regulations would do–namely, establish “an unjustified and unnecessary expansion of government control over private enterprise.” In the middle of it all is Genachowski, a bureaucrat with the heart of a Marxist and the vertebral integrity of a plane-crash survivor. The FCC votes on Dec. 21. Don’t miss it. (more)

A beloved Bronx teacher had a miscarriage Wednesday after she was hit trying to break up a fight between two students, sources and students told the Daily News. (more)

The NFL wrapped up its two-month Brett Favre investigation on Tuesday, Jenn Sterger’s attorney told the Daily News, and it is now up to Commissioner Roger Goodell to decide what punishment – if any – is appropriate for the aging quarterback, who allegedly sent X-rated photos and voicemails to the TV personality in 2008. (more)

No matter what next occupies the southeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, it will always be remembered as the place where the Spectrum stood. (more)

A PENNSYLVANIA lawmaker is preparing to go to battle over special work permits issued to the Gosselin children, stars of the TLC network’s popular reality show “Kate Plus Eight.” (more)

LYNWOOD, Calif. — Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan is out of jail and into rehab. (more)

Pamela Anderson’s risqué new vegetarian campaign for PETA has been banned in Montreal for treating the actress like a piece of meat. (more)

A Brooklyn congressman says he is worried that reports of fraud at a local U.S. Census office are “just the tip of the iceberg.” (more)

WHEN JAMIE MOYER was traded to the Phillies late in 2006, the prevailing thought was that Philadelphia would be the last stop of a very good career. He was 43 at the time and had 211 career wins. Not too shabby for a sixth-round pick out of Saint Joseph’s, but certainly not Hall of Fame material. (more)

NEW YORK — Two U.S. Census Bureau managers in Brooklyn have been fired over allegations that they forged questionnaires. (more)

Marilyn Monroe’s bust has sold for a bundle. (more)

Two Census Bureau managers from a Brooklyn field office were fired after their bosses found they faked household surveys to meet deadlines, the Daily News learned. (more)

It’s open season on Tiger Woods. (more)

Gary Coleman was secretly divorced from his fiery-tempered young wife – but she still was the one who told doctors to pull the plug on the tragic actor last week, his lawyer revealed Wednesday. (more)

A New York animal shelter is appealing to the public to donate their Viagra — to keep a pitbull with a heart condition alive, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. (more)

The city will pay $65,000 to settle a lawsuit by a Queens woman who was pepper-sprayed by an NYPD cop after she dashed down an up-only subway staircase, the Daily News has learned. (more)

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet’s marriage hit an iceberg Monday. (more)

Jets coach Rex Ryan has always been as big as his boasts, but he might not have the stomach for it anymore. (more)

Just as Philadelphia citizens were giving thoughtful consideration to the ramifications of a proposed tax on sugary sodas (and by “thoughtful consideration,” we mean near-hysterical ranting and raving), another intrusion into our beverages of choice was detailed in reports in the Daily News about the heavy-handed raids last week by armed State Police officers of bars selling boutique beer. (more)