Weekend Wonk

(Read time: at your leisure.)

Grab a cup of coffee and check out the headlines you might have missed during the week. If you click on links, hit the “backspace” button to return to blog.

* Supreme Court rules against Bush on “greenhouse gases.” LINK
* Supreme Court rejects appeal by Gitmo prisoners. LINK
* “Beam me up, Scotty” actor’s ashes headed for space. LINK
* Eyewitness accounts of CNN Center killing. LINK
* Children’s bracelets, key chains recalled for lead-poisoning danger. LINK
* French train breaks rail speed record. LINK
* “A Christmas Story” director, son killed in car crash. LINK
* 10 easy Spring weekend getaways. Fun just reading this one! I was surprised to learn I’ve visited three of the destinations many times! LINK
* Workers find $17,000 in coins under old slot machines. LINK
* Greek archaeologists unearth rich tomb. LINK
* Pulitzer-winning cartoonist to help “America’s Most Wanted” snare “Book of Days” killer. LINK
* Dog lost for four years found 1,100 miles away. LINK
* Dick Cheney knows his audience: continues to assert Saddam-al Qaeda link on Rush Limbaugh’s show. LINK
* Declassified Pentagon report discounts Saddam-al Qaeda connection. LINK

NEED A GOOD LAUGH? Read my friend “Frodo’s” take on the woman on horseback arrested for DUI. Sharp-witted hobbit from the next shire over, Georgia. Enjoy! LINK

READ OF THE WEEK:

Matthew Dowd, a chief strategist in Bush’s 2000 and 2004 election campaigns, says he’s lost faith in the president. New York Times, 29 March 2007. LINK

White House Counselor Dan Bartlett, in a CBS interview, blamed Dowd’s remarks on his “personal turmoil,” suggesting emotional instability. LINK

Happy Easter, dear reader!