The Ticker: Ford, Bush, McDowell/Kagan…

> A tipster says: “Today on DaySide, Democratic Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. joked that he ‘won’t pay his hotel bill’ unless they have Fox News in the room…”

> Larry King will talk to Laura Bush on CNN tonight…

> Back by popular demand?: MSNBC.com has re-introduced the “fly-out headline menu.” Jennifer Sizemore explains…

> At 3:10pm, Shep Smith introduced Fox’s Dagan McDowell as Daryn Kagan. McDowell was about to do a business report, an e-mailer says. > Update: 3:37pm: “McDowell said to Shep, ‘that’s the second time!’ So it’s happened before. It’s a compliment to McDowell, and you can tell she wasn’t mad.”

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