Bernie Madoff, the most incredibly humongous scammer that America has ever seen, has just pleaded guilty to all charges against him, as expected.

Financial scammer of epic proportions Bernie Madoff may be getting ready to plead guilty to his crimes. It looks like he's cutting a deal.

In the midst of a tour, stand-up comic Robin Williams checked into a Miami hospital with "heart issues," the Miami Herald reported. Drudge said the movie star is in "intensive care."

After last night's clash with cops, a hardcore band of dead-enders continued to occupy the NYU student center food court, for Democracy. But it sounds like it's game over now people. The Man wins!

We have reports of a street confrontation between NYU protesters and cops starting around 1 AM, the deadline set for demonstrators to leave the campus food court they occupied. Twitter seemingly confirms:

Not to alarm you sheep out there as you go about your bourgeois activities this morning, but you should be aware that that the NYU student center food court has been occupied by revolutionaries!!

If you've not yet recovered from the news that 103.1 had bitten down on a cyanide tablet rather than convert to a corporate-mandated Indie-and-Some-Celine format, steel yourselves for further L.A. radio carnage: 97.1's dead.

A Continental Express flight from Newark crashed into a home in the suburbs near its destination of Buffalo. All 48 people on the plane were killed, plus one on the ground.

Will America never get its precious Commerce Secretary? Obama's latest Commerce nominee, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, has just withdrawn from consideration. Maybe they shouldn't have picked a guy who opposes Obama on everything?

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For a president elected on a platform of hope, Barack Obama sure knows how to throw around the doom and gloom when he wants to rise above the trifles of the Beltway political game.

Developing: George, the half-brother of Barack Obama, was arrested in Nairobi for possession of illegal drugs. The dude had one joint!

The Baltimore Examiner is closing 30 months after it launched because of low revenues. The Examiner chain of free papers will keep its San Francisco and Washington editions going. Memo below:

All that goodwill Obama whipped up in the Muslim world yesterday? That may be over. A CIA station chief apparently drugged and raped at least two women in Algeria, ABC reports.

Uh. David Paterson was going to appoint Caroline Kennedy to the Senate tomorrow, or this weekend, but now he can't, because she dropped out of the "race."

Medical emergency at the luncheon. Looks like Senator Ted Kennedy suffered a seizure or "convulsion" of some kind and was wheeled out. Obama is speaking: his prayers are with Ted's family. Yeesh.

A passenger plane has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City. According to the live pictures on MSNBC, passengers, some wearing life jackets, are being rescued from the chilly waters.

Bernie Madoff remains free on bail, in his multimillion-dollar penthouse, despite trying to hide millions in assets. And, you know, stealing $50 billion. Thanks, justice! [NYT]

All of the alleged Fort Dix plotters have been acquitted of attempted murder, but five have been convicted of "conspiring to kill military personnel." This is the end of their ridiculous trial.

Breaking: The student revolutionaries currently occupying the New School's Faculty building have triumphed over the Fascist security guards, winning a meaningless victory! And they have issued a "Communique" from inside the occupied territory: