WMD Blast

AP News Alerts:

8:55AM

WASHINGTON (AP) The Labor Department reports new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to 322,000 last week, a sign the labor market remains in good shape despite the credit crunch.

I blame Bush and the worst economy since Hoover...

10:45AM

CANTON, Ohio (AP) A grand jury has indicted a former Canton police officer on aggravated murder charges in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.

Rev. Gov. Ted won't like this at all. Neither will Tom Brinkman...

12 Noon:

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) Sudan says it has expelled top Canadian and EU diplomats for "meddling in its affairs."

Is this Darfur related???

12:30PM

WASHINGTON (AP) The Iraqi government will become more precarious over the next six to 12 months, intelligence analysts say.

What the %&$# does that mean?

3:00PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) Prosecutors say Lindsay Lohan has been charged with seven misdemeanors, including drunken driving and being under the influence of cocaine, for a pair of traffic incidents.

EVERYBODY STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! THIS IS THE STORY OF THE YEAR!!!

Links:

Ahh...the post-Vick world finds a new target: "Wil Wheaton Indicted for Role in Robot Fighting Ring" - H/T: LLamabutchers

"Analysis: Bush seems likely to prevail with Congress next month on Iraq policy" - The fun part will be watching the heads explode in the Leftysphere...

John Boehner's latest TownHall column is out: "What I'm Hearing" - Further evidence of the sort of thing I was talking about in this post from earlier today. UPDATE: The comments over at TownHall have been a pretty mixed bag. The Old Guard Conservatives are ticked that the GOP didn't do more (rehashing what Boehner has already said that the GOP needed to get to) and the Throw 'Em All Out for Newbies Conservatives who are still ticked that Mike Pence isn't Leader... And of course, the first comment out of the shoot is from some trolling liberal...

More later...