Friday Night News Dump

Rosie O'Donnell has decided to call it quits three weeks early. She was supposed to leave in June, but has decided to leave the show earlier.

Maybe it has something to do with her spat with co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck? Who knows. O'Donnell can take her 9/11 conspiracy theorizing nonsensical ravings somewhere else.

And O'Donnell's chief writer took that on-air spat one further by defacing photos in ABC studios.

The Post's Adam Buckman reports ABC confirmed in a statement only that "photographs at 'The View's' offices were defaced. Rosie O'Donnell was not in the building. ABC Legal and Human Resources are investigating the matter." Barber is an old friend of O'Donnell who worked with her years ago on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show."

There were also rumors O'Donnell was so angry after her argument with Hasselbeck that she trashed her dressing room, although ABC denied the tantrum.

Lovely stuff. Petulant children.

There was supposed to be a smackdown between Rosie's 9/11 conspiracy freaks and the fact-minded folks at Popular Mechanics, but it would appear that's gone up in smoke as well.