Illinois business man and political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko was found guilty today on 16 of 24 counts including fraud and money laundering. This, of course, is only news because Rezko has been a friend and prominent supporter/fundraiser for Barack Obama.
I expect the name Rezko to be used in attacks against Obama throughout the campaign [...]

From MSNBC:

As stated, chemotherapy and radiation will come after this. There’s a long road ahead yet, but this is encouraging news after we heard last week that the tumor was inoperable.
More as it develops…

Frankly, I’m not in much of a mood for blogging today, as the Twin Cities absorbs the loss of the 35W bridge and the deaths of at least four and probably a couple of dozen people.
Traffic moved pretty well this morning, thanks to the state essentially turning an alternate highway into a freeway by turning [...]

Not unexpected and he even talks about Iraq.
Guardian has more:
In an emotional 17-minute speech, he said the judgment on his 10-year administration was “for you, the people, to make”. Mr Blair paid special tribute to his wife and children “who never let me forget my failings”.
But he concluded: “Hand on heart, I did what I [...]

The creepy thing is I was at that mall on Saturday seeing a movie at the exact same time the shooting happened on Sunday.
Also, it’s rumored that the shooter had mental health problems.

After he killed the first two people, he took some photographs, shot a video and sent it in the mail to NBC. This is most likely THE explanation as to why there was a lull in the violence at VA Tech that day.
From MSNBC:
Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory but [...]

Tragic news coming out of Virginia Tech.
From the AP:
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people and wounding another 21 before he was killed, police said.
On the Web site, Tech reported the shootings at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus at West [...]

I know, I know…you think this is some sort of lame April fool’s prank.
Well, it’s not. This is 100% real.
It all started last week when I received this rather cryptic email:
—–Original Message—–
From: so-ronery@sabrerattlers.nk
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:52 PM
To: Justin Gardner
Subject: Interested In A Career Change?
Justin,
What would it take for you to quit your [...]

This morning I got to watch a portion of the Congressional testimony of Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales. I recommend finding the time to view parts of it yourself, because you get a sense of the actors far better than anything you’ll get from a news summary or even a [...]

I respect that it’s a decision between John and Elizabeth, but this isn’t breast cancer. This is cancer in one of her ribs. And just so you know, bone cancer is really, really bad stuff. One of my great aunts had it, and she didn’t last very long after the prognosis. Of course, my great [...]

Politico was half wrong. His wife’s cancer has returned, but he’s going to keep going.
From MSNBC:
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursday his wife’s cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly,� Edwards told reporters, his wife by his [...]

They say they have the scoop…
John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.
“At a minimum he’s going to suspend” the campaign, the [...]

Speculation is running wild and none of it looks good. John and Elizabeth have called a news conference today and whenever you hear something like that it feels like they’ll be breaking bad news. Especially just one day after John rushed to be by Elizabeth’s side at her doctors appointment?
From the NY Times:
WASHINGTON, March 21 [...]

President Bush has offered to make his senior aides available to Congressional investigators in the prosecutor case — but not under oath, and with no transcripts.
Bush said his White House counsel, Fred Fielding, told lawmakers they could interview presidential counselor Karl Rove, former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and their deputies � but only on [...]

From WBZTV:
(WBZ) BOSTON There were some tense moments in Boston’s financial district Wednesday morning as police were forced to blow up a suspicious device.
The bomb squad shut down busy Devonshire Street after someone spotted a green box chained to a no parking sign.
The box turned out to be some kind of traffic counting device and [...]

Two guys were putting up guerilla marketing Lite-Brite signs around the country for Cartoon Network’s show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but after a few people in Boston thought they were bombs and freaked out…the two are now faced with imprisonment?
Brilliant.
Take note of the last couple paragraphs in this…
CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts (CNN) — Two men pleaded not [...]

It sounds too good to be true. But everything I can find says this could be legitimate.
A molecule used for decades to combat metabolic diseases in children, may soon be available as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer, University of Alberta researchers are reporting.
In results that “astounded� school scientists, the molecule, known as [...]

He was 93.
More from the AP:
LOS ANGELES - Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon’s scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president in America’s history, has died, former first lady Betty Ford said Tuesday. [...]
Ford had battled pneumonia in January 2006 and underwent two heart treatments � including [...]

He had bleeding in the brain.
From the AP:
Johnson, 59, suffered from bleeding in the brain caused by a congenital malformation, the U.S. Capitol physician said. He described the surgery as successful. The condition, usually present at birth, causes tangled blood vessels that can block the flow of blood or rupture.
“The senator is recovering without complication,” [...]

This from Reuters:
While there was no immediate word on the condition of the 59-year-old senator, the source, who is familiar with Johnson’s situation, said surgeons sought to remedy an unspecified medical problem.
Just hours after Johnson was admitted to George Washington University Hospital, a spokeswoman for him said the senator had not suffered a stroke. She [...]