Tim Russert dead at 58 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/20... Ron Paul's website indicates he is dropping out of the race for the presidency: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/ Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ga-38VSrFgY Supreme court rules that habeus corpus protections apply to detainees held at guantanimo bay: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/12/s... Only 52% of Republicans satisfied with McCain as nominee. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpoin... GOP writes off two open senate seats http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06... Game four NBA Finals highlights: http://youtube.com/watch?v=cUAkjvthEgw Romania draws Italy 1-1 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id... Netherlands beats France 4-1 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id... The longtime host of meet the press, journalist Tim Russert has tragically died from an apparent heart attack. Congressman Ron Paul has ended his campaign for the presidency, but has vowed to continue working to increase the amount of libertarians holding political office. In yet another blow to the Bush administration's policy of holding detainees in Guantanamo Bay, the US Supreme court has ruled 5-4 to allow detainees to question the constitutionality of their detention in US federal court. Justice Scalia unsurprisingly authored a dissention that sought to strike fear in the hearts of Americans. In two separate stories that reveal the troubled waters facing the Republican party in the coming months, only 52% of Republicans now say they support nominee John McCain and the National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Ensign has said that the party is giving up on chances to hold open seats in Virginia and New Mexico citing the big deficit their candidates are facing there. The Boston Celtics came back from 24 points down to defeat the LA Lakers 97-91 in LA to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Boston will try to end the series on Sunday, before heading back to Boston where they'll have 2 more chances to close LA out. No team has come back from a 3-1 series deficit in the finals. In Euro 2008 action, the group of death, Group C, continued to be one of the biggest surprises of the tournament as defending world cup champions Italy was held to a 1-1 draw with Romania. France continued to disappoint, as they were downed 4-1 by the Netherlands who have locked up the group with 6 points. Italy and France will play winner-take-all in their Tuesday match for a spot in the second round and then hope that Romania does no better than a draw in their final group match with Holland.