The president invited Republicans to a half-day summit on the subject of health care in an interview with CBS News anchor Katie Couric on Sunday, saying, "What I want to do is to ask them to put their ideas on the table...," adding, "and since these are Republican ideas, the table doesn't have to be too big..."

Good news--Tiger now out of sex rehab. As part of his treatment, they've prescribed a twelve step program starting with a "snatch-patch" to wean him off his addicktion. 

Good news for the Obama administration.  The snowstorm should create lots of those "shovel-ready" jobs promised in the stimulus package.

Rush Limbaugh has pounced on Rahm Emanuel's "retarded" blunder and is using the same offensive term to bludgeon his enemies on the left.

"Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult has taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards," Limbaugh said on the show.

The Los Angeles Clippers announced that Mike Dunleavy has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the Clippers. In even bigger news, the Clippers have announced that they found someone who has agreed to replace Dunleavy as the new head coach of the Clippers.

 In the "You asked for it, You got it." category...More bad news for Toyota- a reported problem with the brakes on their Prius Hybrid. The good news -the Prius doesn't go fast enough for the brakes to be a major issue.

A Tennessee sheriff's deputy arrested on a drunken driving charge wound up in a dog house before he was taken to the big house. The Kingsport Times-News reported the details of a Tennessee Highway Patrol arrest report, which said 47-year-old Samuel Monroe Bledsoe was kicking the windows of a trooper's cruiser on his way to a hospital for a blood test.  The report said Bledsoe was then locked inside the cruiser's K-9 cage for his safety. Bledsoe was free Wednesday on $1,500 bond. ***MARLAR: Which is $10,500 in dog money.

Idaho, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota have been regarded as being the states with the weakest animal protection laws, resulting in the highest rates of animal cruelty.

In related news, Idaho, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota have been ranked the top states for having the tastiest barbeques.