National: A Federal judge in Brooklyn ruled that the Plan B “morning after” pill must be available over the counter to women 16 and under. This overturns a rule set in 2011 by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius. Judge Edward R. Korman called the Sibelius rule “politically motivated, scientifically unjustified.”

• Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti resigned in scandal over the behavior of his former basketball coach, making it three university officials who have quit. Pernetti suspended and fined coach Mike Rice earlier this year after viewing a videotape showing the coach shoving, slapping, verbally abusing and throwing basketballs at his players. Rice was fired after the tape went public and the other dominoes began to fall.
• Fisker Automotive, the maker of a $100,000 hybrid sports car, fired 75% of its employees in a last ditch effort to save the company. About 160 people in Anaheim, CA lost their jobs but the company is still likely to file bankruptcy. Fisker borrowed $200 million from the federal government. Like the solar company Solyndra, its failure could become a Fox News talking point.

World: North Korea warned foreign ambassadors in the capital Pyonyang to evacuate their embassies, saying the safety of diplomatic personnel could not be guaranteed. So far, no one’s made a move. Interestingly, Cuba’s Fidel Castro said the North Korea situation is “one of the gravest risks of nuclear war since the Crisis of October” … known here as the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Castro nearly drove the world to war 50 years ago, but has since become anti-nuke.

• Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged after spending 10 days in the hospital for a lung infection.

Mystery Meat: In continuing culinary confusion, Swedish furniture giant Ikea has discovered pork in its moose lasagna. They previously found horse in the meatballs.

B-ball: The Final Four play today to determine who goes to Monday night’s NCAA championship. First up at 6PM EST, Louisville v. Wichita State, then 9 PM EST, Michigan v Syracuse. Louisville’s Kevin Ware, who shattered a leg in the last game, will be on the sidelines.

Homeless, Again: An apartment owned by French actor Gerard Depardieu was one of the units that burned in a fire that damaged nearly every floor of a 35 story building in Grozny, Chechnya. The actor took up residence in Russia to avoid French taxes.

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