A federal court in Virginia today will hear arguments on what to do with the data on the MegaUpload servers.

Jury selection is underway in the John Edwards trial. The witness list was released late yesterday. Not surprisingly, it includes Rielle Hunter and Andrew Young. The Judge told prospective jurors:

"This is not a case about whether Mr. Edwards was a good husband or politician," U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles told the jury pool. "It's about whether he violated campaign finance laws."

....“You can watch 'Law & Order’ and 'CSI’ 24 hours a day,” she said. “I know this will shock you, but they make stuff up.”

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Busy today.

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Remember Slate? Me neither. Sorry Yglesias, you fell into a black hole there. Hope the pay is good.

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R.I.P.. Mike Wallace. The CBS 60 Minutes icon has died at age 93.

Looks like Rick Santorum may be dropping out of the Republican primaries. Guess it will be Obama v. Romney.

NBC News President Steve Capus gives Reuters the network's version of how the editing mishap of the George Zimmerman 911 call happened.

As part of the investigation, the producer who edited the call... had cut the video clip down to meet a maximum time requirement for the length of the segment - a common pressure in morning television - and inadvertently edited the call in a way that proved misleading.

... the network's editorial controls - including senior broadcast producer oversight, script editors and often legal and standards department reviews of sensitive material to be broadcast - simply missed the selective editing of the phone call.

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Schapelle Corby news: This week Indonesia's Justice and Human Rights Ministry officially recommended Schapelle Corby be granted clemency due to the decline of her mental health and that her sentence be cut by 10 years. The Director of Prisons joined in the request. With the 19 month sentence cuts she's received over the years, she could be released in 2014. Today, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined the recommendation.

The decision rests with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has opposed clemency in the past. A Supreme Court judge is said to have made the same recommendation. It may be months before Yudhoyono announces his decision.

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I'm out tonight, and have missed most of the day's news.

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There were three winners of the MegaMillions grand prize. Two people in Colorado won substantial amounts..

The million dollar Colorado winner bought his/her ticket at the same 7/11 I bought mine at.

The $1 million winner bought a ticket at the 7-Eleven at 4040 E. 8th Ave. in Denver and the $250,000 winner bought a ticket at the 7-Eleven at 6802 S. Yosemite St. in Centennial.

So, it really could have been me -- but it wasn't. [More.....]

My picks (Game winner in BOLD): L-Ville (+ 9) over Kentucky, Ohio State (-2 1/2) over Kansas (7 units.)

Ronde van Vlaanderen tomorrow. Give me Cancellara.

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The "Walmart of Weed" is opening in Washington, DC, just blocks from the White House and federal buildings.

Lindsay Lohan is released from supervised probation with praise from the Judge. She still has two more years of unsupervised probation.

14 years for Rod Blagojevich and 10 days for his former Chief of Staff Robert Harris who cooperated with the Government. Harris was Blago's chief of staff for three years, from 2005 through 2008. [More...]

More from me on the SCOTUS and ACA.

Update: (TL): Here's the transcript from today's oral argument. You can also listen via these links.

Here are Monday's transcript and audio and Tuesday's transcript and audio.

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My preview of today SCOTUS oral argument on the mandate.

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