Well, so much for that: Louis C.K. has abruptly pulled out of the annual Washington dinner of the Radio & Television Correspondents’ Association, where he was scheduled to perform on June 8. Why? His rep told a CNN reporter Friday, apparently without elaboration, that the comic “just didn’t want to do it anymore.” But by dropping out, he may have sidestepped a fledgling controversy over his gig. Fox News host Greta Van Susteren blogged Thursday that she would urge journalists to boycott the dinner because of C.K.’s “filthy language about women,” and Sarah Palin in particular. Read full article > >

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Louis C.K. bails on Washington media dinner

Well, so much for that: Louis C.K. has abruptly pulled out of the annual Washington dinner of the Radio & Television Correspondents’ Association, where he was scheduled to perform on June 8. Why? His rep told a CNN reporter Friday, apparently without elaboration, that the comic “just didn’t want to do it anymore.” But by dropping out, he may have sidestepped a fledgling controversy over his gig. Fox News host Greta Van Susteren blogged Thursday that she would urge journalists to boycott the dinner because of C.K.’s “filthy language about women,” and Sarah Palin in particular. Read full article > >

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Louis C.K. bails on Washington media dinner

A reworking of the cult German New Year sketch Dinner For One, featuring Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, is a hit on YouTube.

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Merkel and Sarkozy in YouTube hit

At a black-tie dinner Saturday, former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will receive an award from an outfit especially sympathetic to the rigors of his old job: the Panetta Institute for Public Policy , an academic center co-founded by Gates’s successor at the Pentagon, Leon E. Panetta. Panetta, who took over from Gates in July , has recused himself from direct involvement in the Monterey, Calif.-based institute since 2009, when he returned to government service to lead the CIA. But Panetta is expected to attend the dinner with his wife, Sylvia, who has run the nonprofit institute in his absence. Read full article > >

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Back in Monterey, Panetta’s institute honors a Washington crowd

Chinese animal lovers rescue 500 dogs destined for the dinner table

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Pet protein

An expected crowd of 650 attended the dinner in Washington.

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Gridiron Dinner draws journalists, public figures

Prejudice against Muslims has “passed the dinner-table test” and become socially acceptable in the UK, the first Muslim woman in the cabinet is to say.

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Muslim prejudice ‘seen as normal’

D.C. public schools have started serving an early dinner to an estimated 10,000 students, many of whom are now receiving three meals a day from the system as it expands efforts to curb childhood hunger and poor nutrition.

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Dinner bell follows class bell at some D.C. schools