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Happy Birthday | Author/humorist David Sedaris turns 52 today. Jared Leto is 37. CNN's Candy Crowley is 60. AOL chief Randy Falco is 55. Senator Evan Bayh is 53. America's Most Wanted's John Walsh is 63. Chris Daughtry is 29. And record producer (and possible murderer) Phil Spector celebrates his 68th today. Weekend birthdays after the jump. More

• David Sedaris's new book has been reclassified as non-fiction. Even though it's not entirely true. [Observer]
• A strike at the Village Voice? [NY Press] 
• Mariann Florio, the widow of former Condé Nast chief Steve Florio, is supposedly feuding with the media giant over payouts following her husband's death last year. [Page Six]
  
• A judge has dismissed Jared Paul Stern's defamation lawsuit against the Daily News, billionaire Ron Burkle, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton. Fortunately, there's always Luxist.com to pay the bills. [AP]
• The Atlantic's sad attempt to drum up sales with a cover of Britney? It didn't work. [Folio]
• All is not well at BusinessWeek. [Gawker] 
• Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici is now raising new ethical questions about the Post. [Portfolio]
  
• Analysts are pushing GE to consider selling off NBC Universal. [NYP]