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Novak:

The Chicago Sun-Times says columnist Robert Novak, who was a central figure in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, has died.

The newspaper says the longtime Washington fixture died at his home early Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 78.

Wildmon:

Rev. Don Wildmon, founder and chairman of the American Family Association, has been hospitalized in critical condition for treatment of meningitis. AFA president Tim Wildmon says his 71-year-old father was diagnosed with the disease over the weekend and is hospitalized in Tupelo, Mississippi.