Morning Docket 10.24.08

* The media talk about Obama and the expected clean sweep of the government has pumped up Democratic tires so much that they think they can do the impossible: appoint two Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court. [Dallas Morning News]

* The McCain-Palin efforts to recreate Florida 2000 in every state failed in Wisconsin. It’s a shame because the election has gone by way too fast, don’t you think? A mere 20 months? It is not enough. The media needs more. [New York Times]

* Regulators in Hong Kong will investigate failed investment devices that Lehman Brothers arranged. [Bloomberg.com]

* Crystal Mangum, the stripper who claimed to be attacked by three Duke Lacrosse players, has written a memoir asserting that she was telling the truth. [Associated Press]

* Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend Rafaello Follieri was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Everything about Follieri and his case is irrelevant, except for the fact that he dated Hathaway. [abcnews]

* New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is requiring an energy company to be honest to its investors about the financial risks of climate change. The Environmental Defense Fund is giddy with this regulatory victory. [Market Watch]

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