Joe Scarborough was caught sneaking a bite of a brownie during the premiere of MSNBC's "Race for the White House." The "Morning Joe" host apparently couldn't wait for the commercial break, and was caught on camera with his chocolate snack in hand. His chagrined grimace on realizing his mistake is priceless.

The federal government occasionally engages in troublesome activities, like internal audits. In recent years, the results have been less than ideal when the audits cover intelligence operations or defense contracts. A new internal audit at the Justice Department concerning the FBI's terror watch list is also not ideal. You can check out the story here. If you're really ambitious, you can read the report yourself.

Just when you thought the financial news was waning, the Federal Reserve comes roaring back with more plans for market stabilization in the form of additional rate cuts. There might not be many more moves like this left in Bernanke, though, as Bloomberg reports he may be running low on money and methods for dealing with a market in ongoing crisis.

The Michigan state legislature must finalize the plan they presented to both campaigns by Thursday or else wait two weeks over the Easter recess. So they would really like to have it hammered out this week.