Water Cooler Talk

• Syndicated columnist Robert Novak hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, DC, Wednesday morning and got a ticket for it.
• Former "Cheers" and "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer, 53, told "Entertainment Tonight" he nearly died after suffering a heart attack last month. He felt chest pains while paddle-boarding with his wife in Hawaii and was taken to hospital.
• Although heart attacks can any time of the day or night, the most dangerous time for a cardiovascular emergency, is during the last phase of sleep and right after you wake up.
• A new version of the old game Operation will hit stores on August 5th, National Underwear Day. In this new version, the patient is wearing underwear.
• Country singer Mindy McCready has entered rehab after a trip to the emergency room last week.
• Pamela Anderson is living with ex-husband Tommy Lee again along with their two sons, Dylan, 10, and Brandon, 12. Nope, they're not an item again. She living there while here hope is being renovated.
• Frequent sex could prevent erectile dysfunction among older men, according to Finnish researchers from the Tampere University Hospital's department of urology.
• Ethan Hawke and his wife Ryan Shawhughes had a baby girl last Friday in New York City. Her name: Clementine Jane Hawke.
• The new People magazine interviews the Obama family.
• The National Scrabble Championship get underway today in Orlando, Florida.
• Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones told his group in rehab that he loves his wife and his mistress very, very much.
• About 2 million Americans got a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rose 70 cents to $6.55 per hour.
• Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife and is embarrassed by recent photos of him kissing a topless Sienna Miller in Italy.
• Richard Simmons, testifying in front of congress on the subject of childhood obesity, said "Maybe, someday, I'll be a congressman." Today's scary thought.