For Paul Rudd, the decision to star in Jay Roach’s new comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks,” was an easy one. “I thought the script was really funny,” he says. “That was it. It was kind of a no-brainer.” Of course Rudd, who’s built an impressive resume of smart comedies, was just as enamored of the man behind the camera. Cliff who? The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has just gotten quite a bit of company: As many as 6,600 graves at the country’s hallowed Arlington National Cemetery for fallen U.S. service members may be mislabeled, one lawmaker said on Thursday.New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.J.A. Happ said all the right things, just as the crafty lefty always has.Julian Assange, founder of the website that published more than 91,000 secret U.S. military reports from Afghanistan, says he’s revealing injustices. President Barack Obama says he’s concerned that disclosure of sensitive information may harm military operations.1. Will the Jets regret cutting Faneca?For many job-hopping careerists, smuggling a resignation letter in their bag like a guilty secret, there are few workplace rituals so hard as saying so long.Subletting in NYC typically involves some kind of covert transaction. Try to find a budget traveler who hasn’t enjoyed the risk of Craigslist’s lease-free rentals. But thanks to a bill Gov. David Paterson signed into law last Friday, renting an apartment for less than 30 days isn’t kosher. Fortunately, there’s a saving grace for those in search of short-term living: Jersey City.Could nail mats like the Acushakti be the next Snuggies?
MLB. The Sox continued their winning ways last night despite getting almost no help from their Big Papi.
Designated hitter David Ortiz continued his season-long malaise at the plate by collecting another 0-fer, dropping his batting average to a pitiful .083, but a team effort by Boston’s hit brigade led them to a 12-6 victory at Fenway Park.
The red-hot J.D. Drew collected another three hits to pump his batting average up to .440 and backup catcher Kevin Cash — proud owner of a .169 lifetime batting average — knocked in a key fourth inning run for the Sox.
Tim Wakefield battled all kinds of control problems with his knuckleball over the first four innings, but managed to limit the damage and allow the Sox offense to attack. Wake walked five and hit a pair of batters over the first four innings, but limited the Tigers to just a pair of runs on only two hits.
Down by a pair of runs, the Sox offense got to work and struck for four against Detroit left-hander Nate Robertson in the fourth frame. Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis started things off with a pair of walks, and Drew followed with a single to right field that scored a hustling Ramirez. Third base coach DeMarlo Hale had actually flashed the two-handed stop sign as Ramirez rounded third, but the dread-locked locomotive busted right on through the stop signal and scored Boston’s first run.
Coco Crisp followed with the rare ground-rule double that skipped off the ground and bounced off Pesky’s Pole to score Youkilis and tie it up at two. A Sean Casey grounder to first scored the go-ahead run, and Cash’s RBI single gave the Boston batters a two-run advantage.
A two-run Ramirez double in the bottom of the seventh blew things open for the Sox, and Jonathan Papelbon was able to nail down the save after things got a little hairy for Julian Tavarez in the eighth.
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