1.FOURTEEN PERCENT!!! Drop in house prices, nationwide.

2.TWO CHILDREN!!! China lifts its one child policy for parents whose children died in the earthquake.

3.SHARON STONE!!! Blames the earthquake on the Chinese treatment of Tibetan protesters. She really is acting more and more like Norma Desmond, these days:
STONE: “Is that…karma?”

4.POLE-AXED!!! Oscar-winning director Sidney Pollack dead at 73. Erik has the details…

5.OBAMA’S DIET!!! He likes “handmade milk chocolates from Fran’s Chocolates in Seattle,” and Nicorette patches, apparently.

6.SHELL SHOCKED!!! Japanese boy finds two-headed turtle in school playground.

Good day.