Our Morning Roundup: The “Death Watch is Over” Edition

The Patrick Swayze Death Watch is finally over. The 57-year-old actor of Dirty Dancing fame, who "succumbed to cancer," as so many news outlets like to say, died yesterday, which means I won't have to look at National Enquirer covers in the grocery store check-out line anymore showing him gaunter and gaunter and closer to death each week (This morning's nationalenquirer.com headline: "Swayze is Dead. Brave Patrick Swayze succumbs after long battle to cancer." Don't miss their coverage.)

Now, at along last, he can get some peace. But us: What about us? We need someone else's illness to exploit!

Read More "Our Morning Roundup: The “Death Watch is Over” Edition" »