Golf widows, there is hope!The bench at...

Golf widows, there is hope!The bench at the 15th tee of the Knollwood Country Club in Granada Hills carries an ad for “Paul Rosenberg, M.D. . . . individual and marital therapy.”

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You think the questioning is tough for attorney general nominees?Before she was allowed to adopt a cat from Petville USA in West L.A., Diane Bowen underwent an unexpectedly thorough interview.

“Are you married?” she was asked at one point.

“No,” she said. “I’m divorced.”

“Why did you get divorced?” asked the Petville interrogator.

Bowen expressed surprise at the question, responding, “Well, it wasn’t because my husband kicked the dog.”

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Speaking of Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood: A U.S. Court of Appeals announcement of openings for two bankruptcy judgeships in L.A. contains a footnote that brings back memories of President Clinton’s appointee problems.

H. James Rosenberg of Studio City points out that the notice in the L.A. Daily Journal mentions that there is no “per se rule disqualifying a bankruptcy judge candidate who has made restitution for back Social Security taxes (and all other employment taxes), or who has violated in the past (but not at present) employer provisions of the immigration laws.”

But if you’ve ever been turned down for a cat adoption . . .

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Mixed drinks and signals: Skip R. Coomber III recently noticed some surprising similarities between a saloon sign and an anti-drunk driving billboard that were a couple of blocks apart on Beverly Boulevard.

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Surely, he deserves a special Emmy: Santa Monica actor Christopher Cotten was so convincing as a criminal on “America’s Most Wanted” TV show that he was detained by police in Nashville over the weekend.

Cotten was noticed at a fair by two women who identified him as the fugitive he portrayed--David Adams, a Tennessee con man. Cotten was cleared after being taken downtown to police headquarters.

“When we approached him, he said he was on ‘America’s Most Wanted,’ ” said Sgt. Jeff DeBusk. That apparently led to confusion over whether Cotten was Adams.

The actor, who has blond hair, wore a brown wig and a mustache for the role. But then Adams has also been known to use fake IDs and disguises. Adams is evidently a pretty good actor in his own right.

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