Go Home Already: Hug it Out

>> LaVar Arrington, a former linebacker for the Washington Redskins, is in serious condition after being hurt in a motorcycle crash this afternoon. The details are still coming in, but a long thread of condolences has already developed at ExtremeSkins with updates being added frequently. ABC7 says that Arrington was not wearing a helmet, and that his injuries are not life threatening. [WTOP & ABC7]

>> The White House press center was evacuated this afternoon after a bomb-sniffing dog reacted to a vehicle that was being used for Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert's visit today. [ABC7]

>> Yesterday was the anniversary of the Watergate break-in, and today is International Panic Day. We'd try to draw some conclusions about this if we weren't hyperventilating. [Wonkette & Holiday Insights]

>> Some Virginia school children need a hug in the worst way. [WaPo]

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