The former anchor of the CBS Evening News, the guy who helmed the newscast for 24 years, has sued his former bosses. He wants $70 million. And he says he was made a scapegoat for a discredited story criticizing President George W. Bush’s service in the National Guard.

Yep, we’re talking about Dan Rather here.

CBS spokesman Dana McClintock said: “These complaints are old news, and this lawsuit is without merit.”

According to the early AP story on the case:

Rather narrated the September 2004 report that claimed President Bush skirted some of his duties during his National Guard service and…

My parents would say I was a “victim” of new math. Whatever method they used to teach math when I was in elementary school fouled me up for a long time. Long division? Fuhgetaboutit. Took years for me to figure it out.

Now comes this story: The National Mathematics Advisory Panel meets at Washington University Medical Center after President Bush established the panel last year to improve performance in math by American students. At a public forum on Thursday, the panel is expected to hear criticism of new math curriculums called “Investigations” and “Everyday Math,” which are taught at numerous…

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has told President Bush that he will leave his post. According to our story:

The embattled attorney general has been under increasing pressure by lawmakers in both parties, amid accusations that the Justice Department has been used for political purposes.

He’s resisted calls for his resignation for a long time. Now, it appears he’s ready to leave. What are the implications of this move? What’s your reaction to his plan to resign? What does it mean for the future of Bush’s administration?

Big deal or Big Deal?

Karl Rove, President Bush’s close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August, joining a lengthening line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 1/2 years of the administration….”Obviously it’s a big loss to us,” White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. “He’s a great colleague, a good friend, and a brilliant mind. He will be greatly missed, but we know he wouldn’t be going if he wasn’t sure this was the right time to be giving more to his family, his…

AT&T confessed to a mistake when several anti-President Bush lines were edited out of a webcast of Pearl Jam’s online performance at Lollapalooza.

From the story by the Associated Press today:

AT&T, through its Blue Room entertainment site, offered a webcast of the band’s headlining performance Sunday at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The event was shown with a brief delay so the company could bleep out excessive profanity or nudity.

But monitors hired by AT&T through a vendor went further and cut two lines from a song to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall.” One was “George…