Scattershot News - Tuesday

Scattershot news, your quick roundup of today's top stories.

9 of the 10 largest U.S. bankruptcies in the country's history occurred under George W. Bush's presidency or were casualties of Bush policies. Only Texaco in 1987 wasn't connected to W.

Obama has his own dirty hands in the mess. Alternet asks if Obama's economic adviser Larry Summers is taking bribes from the same banks he's handing billions of dollars of taxpayer money to. Summers has no financial background, only a history of running companies and universities into the ground, so why the hell did Obama put him in charge?

Bill O'Reilly called Doctor George Tiller, who was murdered Sunday in a Kansas church by a right wing nutbag, a "Nazi" and "Baby Murderer" who should be fearful of a coming "Judgement Day." O'Reilly didn't threaten Tiller once, but 29 times dating back to 2005. If that's not enough to be convicted of inciting violence, I don't know what is.

A 37 year old waiter at a Florida Denny's was arrested for stealing the identity of his 86 year old female neighbor and subsequently running up a $2,175.06 porn bill in the woman's name.

Google plans to begin selling ebooks later this year with a catch - they must be read through a browser and cannot be downloaded to a Kindle, Sony Reader, or any of the other popular ebook readers.

Microsoft surprised even the media covering the official unveiling of the upcoming Beatles Rock Band video game, which comes with a Beatles drum set and guitars. The surprise? Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison (John and George's wives) were on hand. Then the BIG surprise: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr walked on stage to talk about the game.

What I'm Watching Tonight:
House marathon on USA Network, 8 eastern/7 central. 3 back to back to back episodes of our favorite cranky doctor tormenting Cuddy.