> The New York Post's Michael Starr reports Vera Gibbons has joined CBS' The Early Show as a contributor. Gibbons previously worked at CNBC.

> Former CNN investigative journalist Charles Feldman has been named of counsel to LEACH Communications. LEACH is a strategic communications firm.

> Page Six notes CNN Washington DC assignment editor Branden Ray graces the August cover of Muscular Development magazine. So...if you've got a hit on The Situation Room, don't be late...or else...