Lots of news today, at least from my perspective. First, JK opened the door to her “do not disturb” room! After a struggle to get inside, the reward is a simple game of hangman that reveals the Title to Book 7….(stop reading if you want to try the door yourself)…Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Washington Post article leads one to believe that JK’s use of “hallow” as a noun refers to some sort of saint, but some snooping on fan web sites leads me to a different conclusion. Hallows in this context most likely refers to Horcuxes, or more specifically, the historically-relevant artifacts that Voldemort chose for his Horcruxes. The real-life connection is The Hallows of Ireland, four mystical objects with special powers. These four artifacts are a subset of the The Thirteen Treasures of Britain, which include objects very similar to those already seen in the series: an invisibility cloak and wizarding chess. In fact, someone just added the following to the Hallows article:

It has also been recently confirmed that these four treasures will be illustrated in book seven of the hit series, Harry Potter. It is unknown what role they will play, however, it is rumoured the main character will have to search for these treasures.

Take that WaPo reporting!
Second item: Governor Corzine signs civil unions into law! Four states down (or five, depending on whether you count CA), 46 to go :)
Third: What the hell was Sandy Berger thinking? Hiding classified documents under trailers, cutting them into pieces, and throwing them out! My gut tells me that these documents were specifically damaging to Berger, and not necessarily the Clinton admin in general. I can’t imagine going that far out on a limb for a former President. But, then again, I wouldn’t have thought Berger was capable of such a ridiculously stupid act in the first place.