THURSDAY 28
A Eurpopean study finds no link between childhood cancer and cellphone use. Parents are left scrambling for a new excuse as to why Junior can't have an iPhone.
FRIDAY 29
Mayor Bob Buckhorn turns 53 and celebrates with a weekend trip to North Carolina. After a quiet 100 days in office, it was clearly vacation time.
TUESDAY 2
President Obama signs bill raising the debt ceiling — simultaneously saving the country from default and pissing off everyone.
WEDNESDAY 3
Gov. Rick Scott shows he's a man of the people by working at a Carrollwood donut shop for two hours. CL readers suggest alternate jobs, including "Medicaid fraud investigator," "coastal cleanup" and "governor."
Top Republicans visit Tampa to do preliminary scouting for next year's convention. It's tough work setting up "free-speech zones" and electronically tagging the homeless.
This article appears in Aug 4-10, 2011.