At the conclusion of Friday's hearing that lasted several hours, Overstreet said the auction and the arguments presented by all sides were intricate, but it was not her job to second-guess the decision made by Tully's executives to accept Dempsey's bid.

MSN: Judge: Tully's Coffee to go to Dempsey's group

For a while, it seemed -- or 24 hours there -- it seemed like House leaders in the Republican Party supported it, until I guess they were told not to by a subfaction or some representation, some sizeable group within the House Republican conference.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"What we are trying to do is preserve the FDA's role here, not have juries second-guess on a case-by-case and state-by-state basis imposing different safety obligations on manufacturers when Congress has established a regime for FDA to control this, " said Anthony Yang of the solicitor general's office.

NPR: Court: Can Generic Drug Maker Be Sued Over Design?

If it wasn't FSU tailback Chris Thompson zipping down the sideline to tire out the Clemson D en route to 103 yards and two scores, it was sophomore back James Wilder Jr. (not, as Rip might guess, a return from retirement by James Wilder Sr.) pounding them into submission late with two TDs of his own.

WSJ: Florida State, Notre Dame Roll: College Football's Throwback Weekend

Ms. BUFORD: Well, unless he pulls us out by, you know, force, I guess, you know, we're not going.

NPR: A New Orleans Native, Determined to Stay

No one would guess that they had not even buried the unlucky blacksmith, whose brain was eventually picked over by crows, and to whose carcass the tiger would return time and time again, until he had learned something about the taste of man, about the freshness of human meat, which was different now, in snow, than it had been in the heat of summer.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife