Remainders: Schiavo-free Zone

•Al Franken confirms it. Air America's got Springer fever: "He's seen the dwarf being shot from a cannon at county fairs and having affairs with another dwarf. So I think he has a particularly strong understanding of people's troubles." [ Referencetone.com ]

•GOP consultant R. Gregory Stevens OD'ed on cocaine and Oxycontin. The former co-chairman of the Bush/Cheney Entertainment Task Force was known as a "flamboyant personality and bicoastal bachelor" who was always "fun, engaging, energetic." [ WashTimes ]

•Apprenticeapple-polisher was an intern, not a lobbyist. [ The Hill ]

• D.C. cops crack down on commerce obesity: Overweight trucks to be flagged by weight sensor system embedded in pavement. [ WashTimes ]