Are law students emotional wrecks? Does the sun rise in the east? (Hat tip: Jay.)

Great. I move to Knoxville, and the Lady Vols decide to stop playing UConn in basketball each season, as they have since 1995. Bah.

A judge orders Paris Hilton back to jail, CNN confirms. She was taken from court screaming, The Associated Press reports.

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Preacher’s wife Mary Winkler, who killed her husband with a shotgun blast to the back as he lay in bed, is sentenced to three years — 210 days in prison and the rest on probation.

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Ding-dong, the immigration bill is dead.

Well, maybe not dead, but certainly dormant, and on life support. Mickey Kaus gloats.

Whatever one thinks of illegal immigration, you can’t deny the irony and humor inherent in the fact that one of President Bush’s biggest domestic priorities was derailed thanks to a Senate filibuster by those damn obstructionist… Republicans.

Fisticuffs on the Alabama State Senate floor: Just another day in the life of the South. :)

(Later, Zell Miller challenged both men to a duel…)

Just an FYI for anyone who lives near a Sonic. I think the advertised deal is a nationwide thing.

Imagine riding in a wheelchair being pushed by a semi-trailer down the highway at 50 mph. Sounds like a stunt they would try on Jackass, only in this case it was by accident. Yikes.

Tropical Cyclone Gonu has weakened to a tropical storm as it heads toward southeastern Iran, but not before killing at least 15 people in Oman.

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To be honest, I haven’t been paying much attention to hockey since Buffalo was eliminated, but last night the Anaheim Ducks Formerly Known As Mighty won the Stanley Cup, their first in franchise history, with a 6-2 victory over the Sabre-slaying Senators, wrapping up a 4-1 series victory. (Hat tip: V.)

Also yesterday, the Tennessee Lady Vols softball team lost to Arizona in the College World Series championship round. UT led the best-of-three series 1-0 after winning 3-0 in Game 1, but squandered that edge by failing to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities in Game 2 before losing 1-0 on a controversial call in the 10th inning. Last night they lost 5-0 as the Wildcats scored five in the fifth.

P.S. Oh yeah, and in Connecticut high-school sports, the Newington Indians advanced to the state title game with a 5-3 win over Bunnell-Stratford. The title game will be Saturday at Yale Field against mighty Amity-Woodbridge, which was on a 33-game winning streak until a loss in its conference tournament. Amity is 25-1 and ranked #1 in the state; Newington is 21-3 and was ranked #9 heading into states. GO INDIANS!!!

The last NHS state championship in any team sport was in 1994, in boys volleyball, when I was in the seventh grade. But the Indians picked up an individual state title — or a share of one, anyway — when Kristen LaPointe finished tied for first in the CIAC Girls Golf Championship on Tuesday. Way to go, Kristin!

Well, Paris Hilton’s not in a jail cell anymore.

Way to go California Criminal Justice! Your sterling reputation for dispensing fair, dispassionate justice to all can hardly be questioned.

It’s official: the fans saved Jericho.

Heh.

A 15-year-old girl missing for nearly a year is found locked in a small hidden room under the staircase of a home in West Hartford, Connecticut, police say.

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Margie Kieper has the latest on Tropical Cyclone Gonu, which is skirting the coast of Oman as a Category 1 storm. Thank goodness for the weakening — but this is still the first hurricane-strength cyclone to directly impact Oman since records have been kept.

It’s now expected to head toward the coast of Iran. I blame Bush.

P.S. The Oil Drum looks at the possible energy implications.