EIGHT @ 8: JULY 21, 2010 REVIEW

1. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack moves into full damage-control mode after Sherrod debacle (Text & Video). [Talking Points Memo]
2. Fire alarm prompts visitors to flee the Statue of Liberty. [The New York Times]
3. The secrets next door. [The Washington Post]
4. House Minority Leader John Boehner's (Republican-OH) recipe for creating jobs: Do nothing. [Talking Points Memo]

5. Key Democrat backs keeping tax cuts for rich. [Reuters]
6. Growth in Asia helps Facebook top 500 million. [San Francisco Chronicle]
7. Mattingly’s mound of trouble for Dodgers. [Yahoo! Sports]
8. Whale crushes South African boat. [The Huffington Post]