digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/politics/Funny_Sad_Typo_on_Robert_Novak_Retirement_Story_on_NYTimes’; They’ve already fixed it, but the error above in the Associated Press story about Robert Novak’s immediate retirement was live on The New York Times web site for a short time earlier this afternoon. Yikes! The conservative columnist may be widely known as the “Prince of Darkness,” but brain tumors are certainly no laughing matter. Except, it turns out, when they lead to mistakes like this. Too soon?…

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that conservative columnist Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement. He told the paper that his recent diagnosis of a brain tumor was “dire.” Novak was involved in an accident on July 23 when he hit a pedestrian with his car and drove away. He was stopped a short distance later by a bicyclist who witnessed the incident. Novak claimed he didn’t realize he had hit someone. He was diagnosed…

Just days after he hit a pedestrian with his car here in D.C., conservative columnist Robert Novak has announced that he has a brain tumor. Novak’s paper, the Chicago Sun-Times, reported the news earlier today. Novak said he was diagnosed on Sunday with a brain tumor and will soon begin treatment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He issued the following statement: “On Sunday, July 27, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I…