Bachelor pad 2

"Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" fans have been waiting with bated breath for the official announcement of the cast of "Bachelor Pad" Season 2. And now, the list of the summer funfest has finally been leaked-- and it includes two couples who were formerly engaged!

The show features 18 former "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" cast members competing for a cash jackpot, with the shot of finding love along the way. But there may be no love lost when it comes to this cast list!
According to EW, the "Bachelor Pad 2" cast includes former love birds Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi, who infamously trashed each other last summer during a post-break up sit down with host Chris Harrison.
Also on the cast are former cast members Michael Stagliano and Holly Durst, who recently ended their engagement (Stagliano and Durst were slated to walk down the aisle in a double wedding with his twin bro, Stephen, and his fiance, "Bachelorette" alum, Deanna Pappas).
Talk about a voilatle cast!
Other "Bachelor Pad 2" cast members include some of the most controversial and outspoken former contestants of the ABC franchise.
Bad boy wrestler Justin "Rated R" Rego, Gia Allemand (who competed on the show last season), Jackie Gordon, Michelle Money, Ella Nolan, Erica Rose, Melissa Schreiber, Alli Travis, Graham Bunn and Kirk Dewindt are all on the cast, as well as Kasey Kahl (Girardi's new flame-- which will make for some interesting fireworks with Pavelka).
And also on the cast list: Three unnamed men from the currently-airing season of "The Bachelorette."
"Bachelor" Blogger Reality Steve, who plays an ongoing cat and mouse game with ABC, was sure he'd have the complete list posted before ABC beat him to the punch, working on the assumption that ABC would never release the names of current "Bachelorette" contestants while the show is still airing.
Last week Reality Steve posted on his blog, "Obviously I still don't have the full cast list, but I should have that within the next week or so. As long as I can get it out before ABC officially does that's fine with me."
But who'd have thunk that ABC would release the "Bachelor Pad" cast list with the names "Mystery Man #1, #2 and #3? Pretty clever move by producer the Fleissmeister (producer Mike Fleiss).
With three of the "Bachelor Pad" contestants coming from Ashley Hebert's explosive season of "The Bachelorette," we can only hope one of them is heartbreaker Bentley Williams-- because he's got some explaining to do!
"Bachelor Pad" will premiere on August 8 on ABC.
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hamburg iowa levee breaks

A levee on the flood-swollen Missouri River near Hamburg, Iowa failed on Monday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood watch for the town of 1,200.

In addition to Hamburg, the areas expected to be inundated as a result of the failure include parts of Interstate 29 and the rural residences and county roads located between the Missouri River and Hamburg, the NWS said.

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miracle-gro marijuana

 Scotts Miracle-Gro is reportedly exploring how to enter the medical marijuana market.

Scotts Chief Executive Jim Hagedorn told The Wall Street Journal that the company is considering the move to help boost sales at the lawn and garden company perhaps best known for weed killer.

"I want to target the pot market," Hagedorn told the newspaper. "There's no good reason we haven't."

Sales at Scotts rose 5 percent last year to $2.9 billion, but the Marysville, Ohio, company relies on sales at three key retailers -- Home Depot Inc., Lowe's Cos. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. -- for nearly two-thirds of its revenue, the newspaper reports.

And with consumers still cautious regarding spending, those retailers are not opening new stores as quickly as usual, making growth for suppliers like Scotts difficult. As a result, Hagedorn has asked his regional salesmen to look for smaller pockets of growth like the marijuana market to pad sales. To target marijuana growers, Scotts would likely buy niche dirt companies that already exist rather than create its own line of branded products, the Journal reports.

A total of 16 states have legalized medical marijuana. The market will reach $1.7 billion in sales this year, according to a report by See Change Strategy LLC, an information data services company.

 

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Anthony weiner

Rep. Anthony Weiner's behavior has been "inappropriate" and "a distraction," the White House said Monday as the House returned to work for the first time since eruption of the sexting scandal that has brought calls for the New York Democrat's resignation.

White House spokesman Jay Carney wouldn't say whether President Barack Obama believes Weiner should resign — as other Democratic leaders have said.
Weiner is on a temporary leave of absence, in treatment for an undisclosed disorder at an undisclosed location. He has acknowledged exchanging messages and photos that ranged from sexually suggestive to explicit, with several women online. The latest to surface appeared on the gossip website TMZ.
"The president feels, we feel in the White House, that this is a distraction, obviously," Carney said in response to questions from reporters traveling with the president on Air Force One to North Carolina. "As Congressman Weiner has said himself, his behavior was inappropriate, his dishonesty was inappropriate. But the president is focused on his job which is getting the economy continuing to grow, creating jobs, and obviously ensuring the safety and security of the American people."
Meanwhile, the No. 2 House Democrat spoke of Weiner's "bizarre and unacceptable behavior" in sending the inappropriate pictures of himself. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland said Sunday it would be "extraordinarily difficult" for Weiner to be effective in Congress.
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