Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales intends to resign, senior administration officials tell CNN.

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As forecasted here (see “PS” at bottom of post, and Comment #6 :), the cyclone-scraped nation of Jamaica has bowed to Reality and postponed its scheduled August 27 election by a week.

In other Democracy-related news, the USofA’s Democratic National Committee’s Rules & Bylaws Committe has voted that millions of Florida Democrats’ ballots will be thrown out if they are cast on January 29 as decreed by Florida’s Republican-dominated legislature, rather than on February 5 (or later) as required by DNC Rules.

(Note: The foregoing paragraph is actually a massively-oversimplified distortion of a complex & important election-Law-vs.-party-Rules story; but what can I tell ya, I’m just feeling Fox-Newsy today. :)

NFL has suspended Michael Vick indefinitely, The Associated Press reports.

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Breaking news from Cuba: Generalissimo Francisco Franco Fidel Castro is still alive. Or so says the Cuban government, but rumors are rampant in Miami that he’s knock, knock, knockin’ on Hell’s door.

UPDATE: PerezHilton.com, that renowned source of international news and geopolitical analysis, says Castro is dead. More here. (Hat tip: A&A.)

Pajamas Media has a roundup of links, which will doubtless grow as more information is known. (However, one of their links, supposedly to a Miami Herald story about the Castro death rumors, instead currently points to a Space.com article titled, “Huge Hole Found in the Universe.” Wait… so Fidel Castro got sucked into a black hole???)

P.S. Glenn Reynolds blames “star-devouring space monsters” for the mysterious hole in the universe. Star-devouring, and Castro-devouring!

John Evander Couey is sentenced to death for the abduction, rape and murder of a 9-year-old Florida girl in 2005.

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Michael Vick admits funding a dogfighting operation and that “collective efforts” by him and two others caused the deaths of at least six dogs, his plea agreement states.

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Fourteen U.S. soldiers died Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, according to the U.S. military.

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Space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely in Florida, completing a mission that included work on the space station.

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Bears: the biggest threat to America Serbia.

P.S. Of course, the man’s death is very sad. But personally, I think if it’s your time to go, you might as well go in a way that’ll make it into international “news of the weird” type stories.

I just wonder if his epitaph will quote zoo director Vuk Bojovic: “Only an idiot would jump into the bear cage.”

Hurricane Dean is upgraded to a Category 5 storm — capable of inflicting catastrophic damage when it makes landfall early Tuesday.

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NFL star Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges involving illegal dogfighting, one of his attorneys confirms to CNN.

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Two firefighters are killed battling a blaze at an abandoned building just south of Ground Zero, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says.

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Six ambulances are called to the collapsed Utah mine after at least two people were injured, CNN reports. Local media report a further collapse but it is not officially confirmed.

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Jose Padilla is found guilty on charges he conspired to kill people in an overseas jihad and to fund and support overseas terrorism.

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President Bush’s daughter, Jenna, is engaged to be married, the White House says.

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