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Mid-Day News Roundup

By Jeralyn

I'm just getting to the news today. Here's what I'm reading:

• Matt Lauer hit a deer on his bicycle and flew over the handlebars, separating his shoulder. Ouch.

Question: Why is the news reporting the deer hit Lauer instead of the other way around, and is there a report that mentions what happened to the deer? I hit a deer driving my Jeep once just outside of Aspen at dusk. It darted across the road. Totally destroyed the front of my car, but the saddest thing was watching the deer limp away, I'm sure it broke a leg. I've always wondered what happened to it -- did it just die, did someone shoot it to put it out of its misery? Anyway, sending good thoughts Lauer's way, surgery for a dislocated shoulder isn't fun.

• More newspapers in trouble. Today, it's the 174 year old Ann Arbor News.

• Stocks are up after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's announcement of details of the latest financial plan.

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• Finding love at 60. Blogger and Law Prof Ann Althouse is getting married -- to a man she met in the comments section of her blog. Congrats to Ann and Meade, but trading Madison for Cincinnati? Guess that's love.

• Fired CU professor Ward Churchill may take the stand today in his civil trial against CU for wrongful termination. For live-blogging, see Race to the Bottom (by law students and profs attending the trial) and the Boulder Daily Camera.

• Closing arguments begin today in Phil Spector's murder retrial. The jury will have another option this time around: Involuntary manslaughter, that carries a possible sentence of 2 to 4 years.

• More bad bike news....Lance Armstrong broke his collarbone.

Your turn, what news are you following today?

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).