Afternoon Qwickie - Friday

It's Friiiidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! (Those in DC who listen to WPGC get it.)  Here's a quick update on what's been going in the past 24 hours.

Top U.S. Story: Mitt Romney says that the Mormon Church isn't the boss of him!  "I'll serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause," he said in a speech Thursday. [CNN]

Top World Story: Let our people go. Columbian President Alvaro Uribe has agreed to negotiate with leftist rebels for the release of 45 hostages, including 3 Americans. [The Washington Post]

Some Other Interesting Tidbits: 

See no evil

Just as the CIA's controversial "enhanced" interrogation methods like extreme temperature exposure, sleep deprivation and waterboarding (simulated drowning) have come under congressional and legal scrutiny, the CIA claims that it just happened to destroy videotapes of interrogations for reasons that have nothing to do with the investigations.  A coincidence, right? [The Los Angeles Times]

Dem Cool Asses

Hispanics think Democrats are way cooler than Republicans, 57% to 23%. [AP]

The Big Os

Obama and Oprah say happy trails and hit the campaign trail together this wekend. [CNN]

Don't hate

Perez Hilton (we love him!) is disappointed that Congress dropped a bill that would have classified crimes based on sexual orientation as hate crimes.  [PerezHilton.com]

The homewrecker vote

Imagine if your husband's former mistress said that you might be good enough for her! The nerve of that hussy! Bill Clinton's ex-luvah, Gennifer Flowers, says that she might vote for Hillary Clinton. [AP]