Two students at Delaware State University were shot earlier today, and the gunman is still at large. The campus went into lock down mode.

Wow, remember how excited we were when the Democrats took both the House and Senate, because that surely meant it was only a matter of time before the U.S. would get out of Iraq? Ha ha. How naive were we? Yesterday, Sen. Russ Feingold’s plan to end funding for the war and bring troops home failed 70-28, with 20 Dems voting to kill it.

Still no verdict in the Phil Spector trial, and the judge has given the jury new instructions, with a laundry list of scenarios under which Spector could be found guilty of Lana Clarkson’s death.

Remember that cop who was caught on video yelling and threatening 20-year-old Brett Darrow in St. Louis? Yeah, his shit has been fired.

Local activist Chris Smith looks like he’s all but announced his candidacy for city commissioner, setting a tentative announcement for Wednesday at 9am. Given that he’s pledged to not run unless Sam Adams vacates his seat, what does he know? Yesterday, Smith wouldn’t say.