Barack Blasts Voting Rights Racist

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Black humor?: Barack Obama says he wants John Tanner, head of the Justice Department's voting rights division, fired for saying elderly people have problems with voting but, fortunately, minorities don't really because they die before they get old (clip above).

• Points for rhyming: Markus Klinko, fashion photographer, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Rock & Republic CEO Michael Ball for some unauthorized poetry where he called Klinko a "lunatic on the brinko."

• No-money blues: Michael Vick, facing financial troubles, puts his 1.5 acre Georgia home up for sale for $4.5 million.

• Turning lameness into lameonade: Rush Limbaugh raises $2.1 million for children by auctioning off a letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid condemning him for his "phony soldiers" flap.