7247: Rough Landings.

No bailout cases in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• Ex-Congressman William Jefferson will spend 13 years in jail for accepting bribes for political favors. Jefferson is the dude who stashed $90,000 in his freezer. Looks like he’ll be put on ice—and he’ll sit around longer than the Maytag repairman.

• General Motors announced plans to close 37 percent of U.S. Saab dealers as part of the automaker’s sale of the Swedish vehicle brand. Guess the “Born From Jets” campaign went into a tailspin.

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Icing the news with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• A federal appeals court ruled the Justice Department went too far when raiding the office of Senator William Jefferson last year. Officials violated the Constitution by poring over legislative documents during the corruption investigation. The court ordered the Justice Department to return any legislative documents. While pursuing international bribery charges against the senator, the investigation also uncovered $90,000 in Jefferson’s freezer. Guess investigators should have been content raiding the man’s refrigerator.

• MSNBC and radio station WFAN will likely split the former Don Imus empire, respectively assigning the hosting duties to Joe Scarborough and Boomer Esiason. Meanwhile, the fired shock jock continues his contract negotiations and future dealings, bound to net more loot than Senator William Jefferson’s freezer could accommodate.