... Broadway is preparing for an operatic version of "The Godfather. " Among the songs is one that begins "There's a horse head in my bed. Alas, who will clean the mess?" ... With the focus on Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer, suspicions about pre-election contacts with the Russians gained new impetus after it was discovered the Trump campaign had secured a site license for Rosetta Stone's Russian edition. The campaign said members simply wanted to be able to understand the classic ballet "Swan Lake" in the original language. Trump Jr. explained away the presence of a former Russian counterintelligence officer at the meeting with the lawyer, Trump Jr. commented, "I always prefer to eat at the counter when I'm in a hurry." .... The tragedy of the shooting at the Republican-Democratic congressional baseball practice game masked some interesting elements of the way the sport is played by the legislators. The Republicans deploy a far right fielder and the Democrats put a far left fielder in the lineup. Not surprisingly, neither team has a center fielder. .... A contractor changing locks was recently trapped in room with an ATM in a Texas bank as he lacked a key to that room. He slipped notes to ATM customers asking them to call police. The bank charged him $3.75 for his release and said his bank might also charge for the service.