Apparently, America can’t get enough of the Jersey Shore. There’s a new show on the Style network called “Jerseylicious” reports the New York Daily News. And this time, the show revolves involves Jersey Girls who are actually employed. And actually from Jersey. The show is set in and around a hair salon. And Olivia Sharpe, the show’s star, doesn’t waste anytime distinguishing herself from the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore.” Says Sharpe: “All those kids, their main priority was just partying - our main priority is our job.” Take that Snooki. VIDEO

After years of flipping right by it, you can now watch everything C-Span has in its video library. That’s 160,000 hours of video that the channel has put online. The New York Times points out that this has tremendous political implications - now anyone can go back and find everything and anything a politician has ever said on camera and hold them accountable.

In his business travel column for the New York Times, Joe Sharkey raises an interesting airline safety issue. More carriers are selling the right to sit in an exit row. But what if somebody who pays for that seat isn’t physically strong enough (those hatches weigh about 40 pounds) to perform the necessary safety duties?

Image a world where high-speed Internet is as expected a utility as water, electricity or gas. The Washington Post says the FCC announced a plan yesterday to dramatically increase Americans’ access to broadband. The plan aims to give 90 percent of the population high-speed Internet (now about 65 percent have access) and to improve the speed of existing connections.

Continental has joined the pack. The airline announced yesterday that it would end its legacy as the only commercial carrier to provide free meals and snacks to coach passengers. USA Today says the decision “marks the end of an era, when passengers could count on a meal during a flight on a major airline as part of buying a ticket.”

Kate Winslet and her husband, director Sam Mendes, have hit “an iceberg” says the New York Daily News. The couple has reportedly filed for divorce. A source close to the pair says they began to grow apart on the set of the 2008 film, “Revolutionary Road.” But don’t expect lots of public fighting - the source describes the split as “amicable, civilized, very British.”

The world’s shortest man has died at the age of 21. He Pingping achieved his Guinness World Record status last year says the New York Daily News. Standing just 29 inches tall, Guinness officials say Pingping died of heart problems. The editor of the Guinness Book of World Record said “he had such a cheeky smile and mischievous personality you couldn’t help but be charmed by him.”

According to the LA Times, anyone can suggest a name to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. From the proposed “Stream of Consciousness” for a stream in California to the “Golden Arches” for a McDonalds-inspired rock formation in Utah, hundreds of people have suggested names to the agency. The Board, usually shrouded in obscurity, has recently found itself in the middle of a heated public debate after a California man petitioned to change the name of the state’s Mt. Diablo to Mt. Reagan.

The New York Post prints the first photo of Tiger Woods and his wife Elin since their ascent into the tabloid spotlight last Thanksgiving. The pair were on a walk near their Florida home. Onlookers say the couple looked “icy” and that not much talking transpired between the two. 

It was the War of the Worlds all over again in a small Georgian border town says the Star Tribune. Panic spread among residents after a mock TV documentary reported that there had been a Russian invasion. As you may remember, the country fought a “brief but bloody war” with Russia in 2008 and experts say the conflict is still fresh in the minds of Georgians.

Goat, it is what’s for dinner these days. The Kansas City Star says as more immigrants come to America, the demand for goat meat continues to rise. But US farmers don’t produce enough goats to meet domestic demands, which means every year we must import 750,000 animals from other countries. The deficit has led the USDA’s extension offices to encourage farmers with some extra land “to think goats.”

The San Jose Mercury News says the days when “being part of a flock of singing teenagers was a good way to get pounded by schoolyard bullies” are over. Thanks to the popularity of shows like “Glee” and “American Idol,” singing in a high school chorus has become something unthinkable just a few years ago: cool.

Today marks the anniversary of the day the first domain name was registered, 25 years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle says it’s hard to even remember “life B.C.” That’s “before dot com” for the unfamiliar. Back in 1985, only six companies had registered .com addresses. The paper says the designation almost lost out to .cor - short for corporate - in the early days of the Internet.

There aren’t very many restaurants left with a smoking section. Unless, that is, you find yourself outside the kitchen. The Chicago Sun-Times says 40 percent of those who work in the food and beverage industry smoke cigarettes - almost twice the national average. Insiders say that restaurants create a high-stress environment, one in which a five-minute smoke break is thought of as a necessary part of the day.

We all have days where we think work stinks. But for some municipal employees, that phrase just got a little more literal reports the Detroit News. Placards soon to be placed in city buildings will warn employees that wearing “perfume, cologne or any scented products” is now prohibited. The new rule is the result of a lawsuit, filed by a woman who says a co-worker’s perfume made it difficult to do her job.

The New York Times has an exclusive on its front page this morning about contractors working as spies for the US government. The paper says while it’s “generally considered illegal for the military to hire contractors to act as covert spies,” details about a network set up by a Department of Defense employee to gather information from private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan have come to light.

Fun and games are now required at recess. The New York Times says “recess coaches” are a growing presence on playgrounds around the country. Schools are turning to them to address concerns about bullying, childhood obesity and “to show children that there is good old-fashioned fun to be had without iPods and video games.”

For years, Ford has held a monopoly on police cruisers. But USA Today says as fleets across the country phase out the Crown Victoria, a new company is trying to break into the game. Carbon Motors, a Indiana-based startup, is promoting a vehicle build specifically for police departments. The Carbon E7 features a built-in bioweapon sniffer; guns mounts, computers and other police gear come built in, not as add ons.

Howard Kurtz writes about the uneasy relationship Glenn Beck has with the rest of Fox News in today’s Washington Post. He says many of his Fox colleagues think Beck’s “lightning-rod status” underlines the Obama administration’s contention that the network is not a legitimate news organization.

When a small town in Arizona opened a time capsule over the weekend, they also unearthed a mystery. Specifically, what happened to that bottle of brandy, buried in 1985 along with the VHS tape and Time magazine cover featuring Ronald Reagan? The Yuma Sun says the bottle of booze, along with an explanation for its absence, remain missing.

You may want to change the way you think about the elderly. The Boston Globe says our perceptions of what it means to be old can influence our own health. People who think of the elderly as wise and distinguished, rather than just wrinkled, are less likely to suffer from heart problems later in life. Scientists say “negative images of aging can increase stress,” which can, in turn, create cardiac problems.

Is it irrational to expect people to R.S.V.P. in this day and age? An opinion piece in the New York Times asks “what’s preventing us from executing this basic social task?” Is it that Evites are too informal? Or is it just that modern life requires our plans to “remain flexy.”

Writing about the NCAA Tournament, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay asks why cap the number of participating teams at 96? Why not just let everybody in and call it the “Magnificent Three Hundred Forty Seven,” he suggests. Gay writes that the NCAA expansion “feels like another high-calorie, 21st-century supersize, when what sports really needs is to exercise some portion control.”

USA Today does a special sports section in today’s paper, looking ahead to the NCAA basketball tournament, which starts on Thursday. The brackets were set yesterday and the paper prints a list of statistics and tips to help you win your pool this year.

My interest in this story is zero. Yet, apparently there’s an appetite for an update on the mistress of John Edwards. She gave her first exclusive interview to GQ and this morning, the New York Post has a sneak peek. Rielle Hunter details how the two met and tries to paint Elizabeth Edwards, who was battling breast cancer during their affair, as the bad guy. Hunter calls the ex-Senator’s wife “routinely abusive” and says “most of [Edwards’] mistakes or errors in judgment were because of his fear of the wrath of Elizabeth.”

Peter Graves, star of the TV classic, “Mission: Impossible,” died yesterday at his California home reports the LA Times. He was 83. Though he was best known for his serious roles, Graves flipped the script when he appeared in 1980s comedy “Airplane!” One of Graves’ last big projects was as host of the A&E series “Biography.”

A torn Achilles tendon has ended David Beckham’s aspiration to become the first English player to appear in four World Cups. The Los Angeles Galaxy star injured himself over the weekend while playing on loan for AC Milan. The LA Times says the injury “probably will spell the end of his international career.” VIDEO

The LA Times says mixed-gender dorm rooms are becoming more accepted at colleges across the country. School administrators say the switch began as a way to “accommodate gay, bisexual and transgender students who may feel more comfortable living with a member of the opposite sex.” About 50 American campuses offer co-ed rooms to their students.

A Wisconsin man says the Green Bay Packers saved his life. Literally. With 11 kids at home, the 79-year-old man gave blood for more than 56 years in order to afford season tickets. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the man’s doctor later discovered he had a rare disease, which caused iron to build up in his blood stream. The only cure? Giving blood.

Has giving the finger lost its impact? When Senator Jim Bunning flipped an ABC reporter the bird earlier this month, the gesture barely caused a blip. But other recent middle finger incidents have resulted in fines and legal actions. The New York Times asks whether the gesture should be considered a “criminal offense, merely offensive or, after all this time — about 2,500 years — no big deal?”