The Night Note: 3/16/09

News you need to know

The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4:

DC COOL ON COACH EWING
Patrick Ewing as coach of the Wizards? The idea isn't getting much love from Wizards Nation faithful, just check the comments on Wiz blog, Bullets Forever. Since leaving Georgetown with an NCAA championship ring in '85, the sweaty Jamaican was frozen, enveloped to the Knicks, won numerous NBA accolades, came up short on attempts to bring a championship to the Big Apple, and infamously displayed his wares at the now defunct Gold Club in Atlanta. (NBCWashington.com)

NEW USPS SLOGAN: WE'LL GET IT THERE, EVENTUALLY
A woman's postcard bearing greetings from Montana has finally arrived in northeastern Ohio — 47 years later. Insurance agent Dave Conn opened his post office box in the community of Hudson last week and found the mailing sent from Helena, Mont., in 1962. (MSNBC)

SUDOKU SOLVED!
Math has helped place a man on the moon and has counted the genes in our DNA. But never mind all that. A mathematician says he has finally produced something that people really care about: a foolproof way to beat Sudoku puzzles. (USATODAY)

GUESS HE THOUGHT BETTER OF ROBBING A POLICE STATION
A robber gets more than he bargained for when he targeted a Tae Kwon Do studio in suburban Milwaukee. The robber thought he could quietly slip in and out of David Kang's studio in Fox Point with some loot. What he didn't realize is that he would encounter a Tae Kwon Do master who wasn't about to let him off the hook. (SFGATE.COM)

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