17 minutes after midnight, ronny lee gardner was pronounced dead. he was sentenced to death before utah eliminated the firing squad as an option in 2004. he was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting death of michael j. burdell in a shoot-out in 1985. president obama is back in the white house now after a brief visit to columbus, ohio this morning. it was the start of the 10,000th road project funded by the economic stimulus. president obama had a light