• Bush signs the government’s big mortgage bailout bill.
• McCain suddenly remembers he’s a Republican, decides tax increases aren’t on the table after all.
• Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (R) sees his career slide further down the tubes.
• A whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on.
• Oil prices drop 16% in July.
• New drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease stops the disease in its tracks … maybe.
• Ex basketball ref Tim Donaghy foul’s out for 15 months after rigging NBA games.
• Don’t hurt the robot’s feelings.

He shoots, he scores?

• The Rev. Jeremiah Wright speaks, people listen here, here, here and here.
• Good news from the NY Times: “Eight years after the debacle of ‘hanging chads,’ Florida once again seems to be courting electoral trouble.”
• Counting up all the new Democrats may take a while.
• This isn’t news, this is a sign of the apolocalypse. [Click at your own risk. Seriously.]
• Oil prices: Still cheaper than a condo in downtown St. Pete.
• Hot theft: Dashboard GPS units.
• The Bucs get speed, speed and more speed in this year’s NFL draft.
• I don’t believe Miley Cyrus. At all.