Or they're malingering strikers. Either way, American Airlines is canceling 300 flights this week due to pilots calling in sick. There's also been a sharp increase in flight crews filing maintenance paper work, which has caused further flight cancelations. It seems as though the pilots are striking because of an unfavorable deal their union, the Allied Pilots Association, reached with American Airlines management. The new deal calls for more flying hours while rejecting equity or pension contributions for the pilots. But union officials deny any sort of organized action.

Notorious Dave Matthews Band fan John Edwards reportedly has some sort of heart condition, one so serious that he was able to get a sick note from his doctor that successfully delayed the former Senator's court case for felony criminal corruption charges. Now far be it from me to accuse a millionaire former trial lawyer, who cheated on his then-dying wife with a woman he allegedly (and illegally) paid with campaign money and with whom he certainly fathered a child, of being dishonest and creating an ailment to avoid going to prison. No, I would never do that. Get well soon, John.

Hosni Mubarak had a "heart attack" just hours before he was due to be interviewed—or possibly during the interview, depending on who you ask—by prosecutors looking into how he looted the nation he ruled for 30 years.