- Rosie O'Donnell is meeting with The Price is Right execs to explore the possibility of becoming Bob Barker's replacement. God help us all.
- A restaurant in North Carolina linked to an E. coli outbreak has been shut down after it was discovered that a goat was slaughtered in the kitchen.
- A fire in a South Carolina warehouse killed 9 firefighters, making it the deadliest incident involving firefighters since September 11th, 2001.
- Someone broke into a Pennsylvania man's home, and stole a salad out of the fridge.
This day in history:
- 1862: Congress prohibits slavery in all U.S. territories.
- 1939: Lou Gehrig is diagnosed with ALS on his 36th birthday.
- 1953: Julis and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for spying for the Russians.
- 1978: The first Garfield comic strip is published.
Sports:
- VERY sad news: Indiana University football coach Terry Hoeppner has died at 59. Hoeppner was expected to miss the upcoming season due to a brain tumor, and had already had two brain surgeries in the last 18 months. RIP, Coach.
- The exodus from the Nashville Predators has begun.
- The Milwaukee Bucks are preparing to go after Chauncey Billups.
- Baseball Tonight: Tigers (40-29) @ Nationals (30-40); Chad Durbin (5-3, 4.60 ERA) vs. Jason Simontacchi (4-4, 4.84 ERA).
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