Thompson quits Prez Race

Fred Thompson withdrew from the Republican presidential race Tuesday. [ See story ]

Thompson said that as fine as an actor as he is, he couldn't pretend to give a rat's ass about the country.

But his chin announced it would stick it out.

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Rudy Giuliani, competing in his first state vote, said he hopes to pick up where Thompson left off.

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Thompson said he feared his gorgeous wife was beginning to think he was a loser.

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The question now is which of the remaining candidates will pick up Thompson's dozen supporters?

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Thompson said he'd be in Florida anyway, to film Days of Thunder II.

NASA Astronaut Charged with Murder

Astronaut Lisa Nowak was charged with attempted murder of an Air Force engineer who Nowak belived to be her romantic rival for another astronaut, Billy Oefelein.

This sheds some light on that experiment NASA did aboard the space shuttle last summer, to test how a bunny would boil in zero gravity.

Florida Trailer Park

A Florida beachfront trailer park has voted to accept a $500 million buyout from a condominium developer.

The buyer made a comment, though, that offended some in the community. He said, "That's a hell of an amount to pay for trash removal."