colby rasmus hitting cleanup for the cards, 12-6 in his last eight games, top first, two on, one out, rasmus with a three-run homer to right field, his seventh homer of the year, and the cardinals go on to win 13-4, rasmus extends his hitting streak to nine consecutive games, and the cards score a season high 13 runs to snap their season. and some drama in houston. geoff blum singles in miguel tejada, and it's a walk-off, and the cubs lose after having gotten the early lead in the second inning from geovany soto, a homer, and so the astros take this one 2-1. sampson, the winning pitcher, he improves to 3-0, two innings in relief, and so the astros have the winning way in this one. >> yes, they do. ed werter saying the vikings moving off their move toward brett favre. >> was there a deadline or not placed on brett favre to report this week to practice? >> absolutely not. maybe by deanna or somebody like that, but certainly not from me, not even close. don't know where that would have dropped out of the sky from. >> would it be safe to say that there will be a later date where this will

. >> al: first and second for >> top of the first inning, 22-year-old rookie colby rasmus, tend extendingtreak to 12 games and a colorado win. >> soccer, now, england taking on andora. -- andorra. david beckham in his first competitive match with the english national team in two years. wayne rooney -- header puts england up 1-0. 39th minute. 2-0 game, rooney has three goals in the last two world cup qualifying matches. england up 3-0. second half, leading 4-0, beckham, off the free kick, not able to land it. jermaine dafoe able to sneak in the rebound. beckham after the game said "it could have been a difficult game but we made it easy with the way we played." >> kids out of college are struggling to find jobs. not mark sanchez. he's a multimillionaire without even taking a snap. plus close games in two of the best rivalries in baseball -- red sox-yanks and mets-phillies decided by one run. do you remember when making dinner meant finding just the right stick for your hot dog. when new every fork on the trail led to a new adventure? then keep the tradition going with great father's day gi

the newspaper cites a rasmus enpoll from january of this year that found that nearly two-thirds of the american people think that court rulings should be based on what is writment constitution, but only one-third believe that president obama's belief agrees with them. i hope that president obama will reflect further on this subject. i know he'll be receiving advice from our esteemed attorney general, and the counsel of the president, greg craig, one of the brightest and best lawyers who ever appeared before me. and although the first nomination hasn't been made yet, i am very heartened by a "new york times" article last week. with considerable hand wringing, citing officials who spoke on the condition of and none imity because naming judges involves a delicate political process, involving senators among others, the "new york times" observed that at least so far the candidates being considered by the obama white house for early nomination do not appear to have a special ideological profile. for that i say hooray. the nominations are of course just the first step because of the senate's