Politicos will be interested in this one on Politico:

Columnist Robert Novak -- insert favorite invective here -- has been issued a citation in Washington, D.C., for what sounds  close to hit-and-run. He ran down a 66-year-old pedestrian in his Corvette. A bicyclist forced him to stop him a block away and told him he couldn't just drive off after hitting someone. Novak claimed to be unaware he'd hit anyone, though witnesses said the victim "sort of splayed onto the windshield." He got a failure to yield citation.

Noted: Novak's history of aggressive driving.

Gov. Mike Beebe gets to pass out one of the coveted Game and Fish Commission seats today. It will be announced at 11 a.m. I haven't a clue. A white male with a big bank account and a record of contributions to the governor would be a good guess for key demos. He must also like to shoot guns at living things. Sandal-wearing birdwatchers who do their shooting with cameras need not apply.

UPDATE: Blog reader Al Fornaut thinks the appointee will be cut from slightly different mold, though a mainstream outdoors type just the same. He predicts it will be Ron Duncan, the Springdale teacher who pioneered the "Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs" program. Now I'll be humming that "Hooked on Fishing" jingle all day, whether it's Duncan or not.

UPDATE II: Al Fornaut wins the kewpie doll for news tip o' the week. Ron Duncan is the new commissioner. Release on the jump. He's a white male, to be sure, but, as a school counselor, not the fat cat exec. often favored for these seats. He gave a whopping $113 to Mike Beebe in 2006. In 2002 he gave $750 to the Republican Party. No other hits on followthemoney.org.