A look at what is in the news today

From CNN:

8 shot after Thunder win playoffs

Day 3 for John Edwards jury

Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls

4 die after reaching Mt. Everest summit

Rutgers spycam case ends with jail time

LIVE: 'Spray tan' murder trial

Hooker scandal expands to DEA

25 dead, 55 hurt in train crash in India

Arrest made in missing Calif. teen case

Pastor: Put gays in electric fences

Man with 30 kids asks for a break

Teen slips into waterfall

Woman told she's too fat to dance   

So, what we have here is crime, crime, crime, death, criminal justice stories, and triviality.

That is pretty much the news in the USA.

Today's news

From CNN:

• Holder: Obama affirms courts' authority
• Opinion: 'Judicial activism' bogeyman
• CNN Explains: Health care reform  
• Lawyer: Zimmerman uttered 'punks'
• Deciphering the Zimmerman 911 call  
• Twisters hit 1,100 Texas homes
• Anti-Obama Marine may be dismissed
• Santorum disputes delegate count
• Ticker: Romney's big prediction
• New outrage over GSA spending
• Petrino on leave after crash, liaison
• Russia slams U.S. over arms dealer
• Mexican drug gang leader gets life term
• Autism diagnosis changes explained
• Boy's arm stuck in vending machine  
• Keith Olbermann sues Current TV
• Former TV host flies in free doctors
• Who turned off the stars?
• Student tries to pay fine with coins  
• 'Idol': Eliminated Top 8 singer is ... EW
• Madonna, Britney flirt on Twitter EW
• Check out some fun Facebook timelines

From Fox News:

• Syria's cease-fire plans in jeopardy?
  - VIDEO: Syrian gov't launches strikes
• Serial killer's letters may have sped up execution
• U.S. hiring slows; employers add 120,000 jobs
• Cops: Shooter hunted staff who denied tuition refund
• Arizona blasted for OK'ing jail for 'annoying' tweets
• Board: Marine should be Dismissed for Obama post
• Immigration law changes to avoid court conflict?
• Russian notebooks with Stalin on cover cause stir
• Vietnamese man buys Wyoming town for $900G
• 'Fish from Hell' now a prized catch in Maryland
• Waitress reclaims $12G tip after drug money dispute
• Maryland high court hears lesbian divorce case
• Police officer fatally shot in Texas Walmart
• Stores in England banned from displaying cigarettes
• Sex offenders booted from Xbox Live, other networks
• Santorum takes break from trail for Easter weekend
  - Gingrich-founded think tank files for bankruptcy

And then there is this:

• Teen Murder Suspect Had 'Psycho' Obsession

  
  Detroit killer forces ex-girlfriend to see hacking of mom, new beau reportedly intrigued with 'American Psycho'

Wait, this is supposed to be "GOOD" Friday, right?