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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood Army Post in Texas a week ago, is paralyzed. I wonder if I am suppose to feel sorry for him? I am confident that his next man can not be seeking sympathy...I wonder if he could be forgiven so soon after this apology. Phillip Garrido, who is accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard, 11-year-old, and then holding her captive for 18 years, apologized in a jailhouse letter sent to a television station. No sympathy for this next guy during the Recession. A painting by pop artist Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought $43.8 million at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million. Now do you guys get the line in Jay Z's song?

A skydiver was killed Wednesday when he struck the airplane from which he had jumped. That was tragic, just like this next case. A sixth person was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child sexual abuse in an investigation that led to the arrest of five members of a Missouri family, and authorities found additional victims in the case. On good news, Nashville's Fisk University has been selected to receive a $3 million from the Department of Education to assist Fisk graduate students in obtaining advanced degrees in the natural and physical sciences.

Store receipts prove Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon used gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees. Looks like another city is having a little trouble. A day after accusing the Philadelphia firefighters union of racial hostility in a federal lawsuit, a group of black firefighters pressed their grievances yesterday, saying the union cannot be trusted to protect their hard-won civil rights. One of the most untrusted teams in political history are doing big things now. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and former National Security Council chief Stephen Hadley are teaming up to enter the world of consulting. The official launch of The RiceHadley Group, which styles itself a "strategic advisory firm" for international companies is to be in the next week or so.

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