WHO'S SNOOKI? President Obama appeared Thursday on the ABC talk show The View. He answered questions about Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture official who initially lost her job because of a conservative blogger's doctored video. And then he was asked about the most notorious player on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore. "Who's Snooki?" the president said.

JENNIFER PORTER: Columnist Sue Carlton compares two cases of leaving the scene of a crash involving death. In 2005, the Times published a special report about the Porter case called The Hard Road.

ALLIGATOR FEEDING FRENZY: A Georgia fisherman caught hundreds of gators on video during a feeding frenzy. Experts say these frenzies are rarely seen by humans.