David Paterson press conference time! Watch it here. He is going to stop campaigning, but keep being governor. Update: It went by so quickly! Some quotes from the governor are attached.

Sources close to Governor David Paterson say he will not seek reelection, according to the New York Post and the Daily News. He will give a press conference between 11:30 and 12:30, but he will not resign.

After more than a week missing, CNN is reporting that Andrew Koenig's body has been found in Vancouver's Stanley Park. No word on cause of death, but family said he was depressed at the time of his disappearance. Update:

An adult male is in custody after shooting two people at a middle school in Littleton, Colorado. The victims, a boy and a girl, are in a local hospital, and neither injury "appears to be life-threatening," according to local authorities.

Doctors are evaluating Dick Cheney after the former vice president experienced chest pains and was sent to George Washington University, where doctors reportedly gave him an angiogram to examine his coronary arteries. Cheney is "stable" and "resting comfortably," according to doctors and family members quoted by NBC News, but may need additional treatment tomorrow.

Despite "no credible information to support the allegations," five Arabic translators are currently under investigation for trying to poison Fort Jackson's food, reports Fox News and CBN. UPDATE: Reasons why the story is dubious.

A small plane has crashed into an office building in Austin, Texas, that houses local FBI, CIA, and IRS offices. The scene is 20 miles from the nearest airport, and witnesses say the plane "hit the building full-throttle."

After trading barbs with Scott Brown—the Republican who won his father's Senate seat in what must have felt like a hit-and-run accident to Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy—Patick released a video late Thursday saying he won't seek reelection.

Everyone quit yer worrying about Bill Clinton: He's fine. His cardiologist, Dr. Alan Schwartz, just held a press conference where we learned Clinton will be headed home tomorrow.

ABC News just broke into regular programming to report that Bill Clinton has been hospitalized in New York with heart pain.

A Radio Shack on Sixth Avenue and 19th St. in Manhattan has been totally destroyed after a manhole explosion at about 11:30 reportedly "sparked a transformer fire." Looks seriously apocalyptic. Daily Intel got this amazing photo; aftermath photos below.

"It's now just a matter of timing" before Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's infamous doctor and alleged pill-pusher, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reports TMZ. The crime is a felony and carries a maximum prison sentence of four years. Dr. Murray is reportedly planning to surrender himself to Los Angeles authorities today. [TMZ]

John Edwards' former mistress and baby mama, videographer Rielle Hunter, has requested a temporary restraining order against aide Andrew Young to supress "a personal video recording that depicted matters of a very private and personal nature." [ABC]

A man with a gun was seen on an elevator in the Rubloff Building on the university's law school campus, in Chicago. People in the building were told to lock their doors and await word. [SunTimes]

After a shining moment as one big weed spot, the L.A. City Council has voted to cut the number of medical marijuana dispensaries there by more than 90%. The government, dude. This is quite an inconvenience for smokin' commuters. [AP]

An Ethiopian aircraft has plummeted into the sea, mere minutes after its takeoff from Lebanese capital Beirut. The Lebanese army and U.N. Interim Force are searching the coast. Among those aboard was the wife of France's ambassador to Lebanon. The flight was en route to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. [CNN]

Air America Media, the liberal radio network (and, increasingly, political website) has filed for Chapter 7 and will cease broadcasting this evening. All employees have been let go.

The Wrap and the New York Times both report that a deal was finally concluded late last night. Conan's on his way with a $32m payout, and will be able to return to TV in eight months. The Wrap broke the story in the small hours, having talked to insiders in the negotiations. The Times confirmed it this morning. Conan apparently gave up some of his severance to benefit his staffers and the negotiations, say the Wrap, were so slow because there was no trust.

The former Presidential candidate released a written statement to NBC news, off the back of an investigation by Lisa Myers on the Today Show this morning, admitting that he fathered a child with Rielle Hunter.

The AP reports that a second earthquake, 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit Haiti about 35 miles north-west of Port-au-Prince at 6.03am.