By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

Enjoy baseball's exhibition season for what it is, a sign the real thing isn't far away. Do not put too much stock in anything that actually happens on the field.
A Kentucky man lost his bid Friday to force a doctor to pay damages for removing a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to be a simple circumcision.

Unemployment rates fell last month in nearly all of the battleground states that will determine the presidential winner, giving President Obama fresh fodder to argue that voters should stick with him in an election focused squarely on the economy.
J.R. Ewing has returned to Dallas.
J.R. Ewing has returned to Dallas.

Edgar Dyer, a university administrator in South Carolina, was reading his hometown newspaper's coverage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day about 10 years ago when he noticed something unusual in a timeline of key events in King's life.
Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of accidentally causing the largest forest fire in Arizona's history by leaving a campfire unattended.

Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where they were confronted by an angry white mob.
Jim Bowden stood behind the bullpen mounds at the Washington Nationals' training facility this spring and looked across a row of talented young pitchers warming up over the course of an hour.
VIERA, Fla. — Shawn Hill was back at Washington Nationals camp yesterday morning with some good news, some bad news and then some encouraging news about his ailing right forearm.
INJURY REPORT
Good news: Jason Simontacchi's injured elbow won't require surgery, and the right-hander will be able to pitch again for the Washington Nationals this season.
John Patterson says his right arm feels as good as it has in a long time. He says he believes he will return to pitch for the Washington Nationals this season.
SEEN AND HEARD AT RFK STADIUM
SEEN AND HEARD AT RFK STADIUM
John Patterson, 25, a recent college graduate from North Carolina, said he doesn't have to look at unemployment numbers to know things aren't good in his home state.
Patterson voted for Obama four years ago, but says he's not sure he'll do the same this time around.