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• Local TV footage showed the scene of the bombing littered with body parts and smeared with blood. Shiites beat their heads and chests in anguish.
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Trouble not over for Jesse Jackson Jr. after resignation with looming investigation and health
• CHICAGO (AP) -- Jesse Jackson Jr.'s resignation from Congress might end his once-promising political career but it doesn't mark the end of troubles for the civil rights icon's son.
• The nine-term Chicago congressman submitted his letter of resignation Wednesday. The letter confirms publicly for the first time that he's under a federal probe and cooperating with investigators. Jackson also admits that his health issues have kept him from returning to work as he wants.
• Jackson's attorneys say it could be months before there's a resolution to the investigation.
• Meanwhile members of the House Ethics Committee could decide to release a final report on what they found in their probe of Jackson's ties to ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Thunder snap Clippers' 6-game winning streak, 117-111 in overtime clash of division leaders
• OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kendrick Perkins challenged his Oklahoma City Thunder teammates before a showdown of division leaders with the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
• The Thunder had lost their first two games this season against other top teams in the Western Conference, and Perkins wanted that trend to stop immediately.
• It wasn't easy, but Oklahoma City got the job done.
• Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Russell Westbrook added 23 and Oklahoma City's All-Star tandem scored all of the Thunder's points in overtime in a 117-111 victory over the Clippers.
• "It felt good to finally get one of those wins, and we can move on now," Durant said.
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