As the World Turns.

Karr has confessed to killing Jon Benet Ramsey. While I noted on this blog that some tabloids claimed her killer had died several years ago and this was the reason the case wasn't resolved, it appears they were wrong about that, assuming Karr isn't being pressured to confess.

In any case, the parents clearly had nothing to do with the murder, but police incompetence early on didn't do much to prevent suspicion being cast upon the Ramseys.

On the other hand, is there a rush to judgment regarding Karr?

But investigators in Thailand told the Associated Press today that Karr has made several dubious statements to them, including claims that he picked JonBenet up from school the day she was killed and that he drugged her. Actually, she was on Christmas vacation at the time, and there was no evidence of drugs in her body during the autopsy.

Much of the media has downplayed assertions by Karr's ex-wife that he was with her in Alabama at the time of the murder.

In other words, is Karr perpetrating a hoax?
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Shooting victim Judge Chuck Weller returned to work.
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Bob Casey tries some populism in his Senate race.
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It's a dog after all.
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It's bad news for tobacco companies.
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Will the Ohio Supreme Court give Governor Taft a slap on the wrist or a kick in the ass?
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In its typically twisted coverage of the Schiavo case, the St. Petersburg Times prefers to blame Jeb Bush as the reason the bogus complaint against a former Terri Schiavo nurse was dropped.

Most likely, the complaint, initiated by a nurse out of Massachusetts of all places, simply didn't have any merit and reeked of harassment, regardless of the validity of Iyer's claims.
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