In Libya: Gaddafi escaped a NATO airstrike that killed Gaddafi’s son and grandsons.

In Egypt: If convicted for ordering government forces to shoot protesters, Mubarak could face the death penalty.

In Alabama: The Red Cross reports that 1,100 tornado victims are effectively homeless, and FEMA officials are still deciding “whether they will need temporary units such as trailers,” reports the LA Times.

In Tacoma: Yesterday 1,500 uninsured people got free check-ups at the Tacoma Dome during a one-day event staffed by volunteer doctors and nurse practitioners.

The bad news is it’s $3.60 an hour: Hong Kong’s lowest-paid workers are now getting paid a minimum wage for the first time ever.

There is something rotten in the state of Missouri: Where in the town of Ellsinore, even the sheriff’s department has been linked to meth.

Breaking! CNN wants you to know that Prince William and Kate Middleton aren’t going on a honeymoon yet.

Gettin’ beatified: Pope John Paul II, today, priest sex scandal or no.

Super Earth! The Vancouver Sun reports that a team of astronomers discovered the densest solid known planet, using Canada’s tiny space telescope.

Finally, at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night, Obama told some jokes about Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, and Donald Trump. Here they are (starting at 8:04). Good morning!

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  3. In other news, PATH replied to update Savage Love readers on his situation in the “I Want My MTV” column (from 2 weeks ago).

    Representative quote: “With that said, here are some things I’ve realized while reading (and re-reading) your comments: 1. I am a total asshole for not speaking up sooner.”

  4. Thanks, EricaP, for pointing that out last night, I never would have thought to go back and look otherwise. I wish they would all do that–send in updates and explain a bit more fully. I get the feeling from reading SL if your marriage is having a problem, it’s likely to be one of three things (or whatever). If we all got a list of these issues when we registered for china, the world would be a happier place.

  6. Though the best reaction shots are during Seth’s bit. Trump at least is polite enough to smile during the Prez’s shots – but is totally stone-faced during Seth’s jabs.

  7. HaHaHa Alabama hillbillies, go suck it, trailer trash either rented on your own, or now provided (maybe) by the gov’t. HaHa Japan and Haiti deserve American’s donations more than you. you assbackwards fucks. Besides, there’s a necessary black tie affair going on, get hip to the latest jokes toothless Joe.

  8. @ 5 – It was 5280, Ugurtha Forka and myself. 5280 knows how to put ’em away. We shot the shit for about three hours. Nobody exchanged books, but it turns out that Ugurtha is reading “Crime and Punishment” now while I’m tackling “War and Peace.” Good fun in a classic bar (here’s a photo of its famous sign).

  12. 9 – ‘kind of’, yes, well noticed…..that’s nutty you 5280 and Urgatha all follow Slog from the same town, very cool…cheers…don’t much about you but the other two seem in tune with their comments….who’s the other one… oh yeah, gurldoggie

  14. And I’m reading The Deerslayer on Kindle for BlackBerry, but I was outside smoking a cig for most of that conversation.

    Urgutha’s going through some ugly shit at work right now. He’s had other things on his mind. Yeah, life sucks and then you die. He’s become a good friend since he moved here, though.

  15. @14: Glad to see at least one of you has decent, American taste in books. Only pinkos read Rooskies. Snort.

    (Confidential to Matt: when I was in the Peace Corps the remotest, most desperately dull site you could get stuck with had a tattered copy of War and Peace left behind by a previous volunteer as a salve for the poor devil who’d follow him. Said poor devil finished that sucker in two weeks, which meant he still had one year and eleven and a half months to go. He re-read it five times.)

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